Trans-ancestry meta-analysis improves performance of genetic scores for multiple adiposity-related traits in East Asian populations
Zammy Fairhurst-Hunter, Kuang Lin, Iona Y. Millwood, Alfred Pozarickij, Tzu‐Ting Chen, Jason Torres, Jian-an Lun, Christiana Kartsonaki, Wei Gan, Anubha Mahajan, Huaidong Du, Rajani Sohoni, Yu Guo, Sam Sansome, Ling Yang, , Robin G. Walters
This paper improves genetic scores for adiposity traits in East Asian populations by using trans-ancestry meta-analysis, increasing variance explained compared to European-derived scores.
medRxiv · Jul 5, 2022 · PreprintGenetic & Genomic Medicine