Friday, April 12 / 8:15 AM - 9:45 AM Meeting Room 305 (Level 3)

Session 142
Genes and Health - Using Polygenic Scores

Chair: Jessica D. Faul, University of Michigan
Discussant: Erin Ware, University of Michigan

1. Genetic Predisposition to Educational Attainment and Its Relationship With Cognitive DeclineXuejie Ding , University of Oxford; Nicola Barban, University of Essex; Felix C. Tropf, University of Oxford; Melinda Mills, University of Oxford.

2. Genetic Confounding in the Education-Health AssociationAdam Lilly , University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

3. The Joint Association Between Education and Genetic Risk Scores for Predicting Coronary Heart Disease Events: A Longitudinal Population-Based Study of 26,203 Men and WomenPekka Martikainen , University of Helsinki; Kaarina Korhonen; Aline Jelenkovic, University of Helsinki; Aki Havulinna, National Institute for Health and Welfare; Samuli Ripatti, Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland; Katja Borodulin, National Institute for Health and Welfare; Veikko Salomaa, National Institute for Health and Welfare; Karri Silventoinen, University of Helsinki.

4. The Influence of Polygenic Score on Depression Among U.S. Older Adults: Evidence From Wisconsin Longitudinal StudyJinyuan Qi , Princeton University.

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