Chunk #10 — Results — 95 variants and COPD susceptibility

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Genome-wide association analyses for lung function and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease identify new loci and potential druggable targets.

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To assess the impact of including individuals with asthma in a COPD case-control analysis, we tested for association with COPD in UK Biobank both before and after excluding individuals with self-reported doctor-diagnosed asthma and show that the effect size estimates were similar (Supplementary Figure 7).