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Prevalence, Morbidity, And Mortality Of Men With Sex Chromosome Aneuploidy In The Million Veteran Program Cohort, Shanlee Davis, Craig Teerlink, Julie Lynch, Bryan Gorman, Meghana Pagadala, Aoxing Liu, Matthew Panizzon, Victoria Merritt, Giulio Genovese, Judith Ross, Richard Hauger
Prevalence, Morbidity, And Mortality Of Men With Sex Chromosome Aneuploidy In The Million Veteran Program Cohort, Shanlee Davis, Craig Teerlink, Julie Lynch, Bryan Gorman, Meghana Pagadala, Aoxing Liu, Matthew Panizzon, Victoria Merritt, Giulio Genovese, Judith Ross, Richard Hauger
Department of Pediatrics Faculty Papers
IMPORTANCE: The reported phenotypes of men with 47,XXY and 47,XYY syndromes include tall stature, multisystem comorbidities, and poor health-related quality of life (HRQOL). However, knowledge about these sex chromosome aneuploidy (SCA) conditions has been derived from studies in the less than 15% of patients who are clinically diagnosed and also lack diversity in age and genetic ancestry.
OBJECTIVES: To determine the prevalence of clinically diagnosed and undiagnosed X or Y chromosome aneuploidy among men enrolled in the Million Veteran Program (MVP); to describe military service metrics of men with SCAs; and to compare morbidity and mortality outcomes between men with …