Polygenic risk score portability for common diseases across genetically diverse populations
Sonia Moreno–Grau, Manvi Vernekar, Arturo López Pineda, Daniel Mas Montserrat, Míriam Barrabés, Consuelo D. Quinto-Cortés, Babak Moatamed, Ming Ta Michael Lee, Zhenning Yu, Kensuke Numakura, Yuta Matsuda, Jeffrey D. Wall, Alexander G. Ioannidis, Nicholas Katsanis, Tomohiro Takano, Carlos D. Bustamante
This study evaluates polygenic risk score (PRS) performance across four ancestry groups for 14 diseases, finding that ancestry-specific PRS models improve accuracy and identifying cross-trait interactions.
Human Genomics · Sep 1, 2024Peer-reviewedGenetic & Genomic Medicine