Genetic & Genomic MedicineHuman Genetics and Genomics AdvancesPeer-reviewed
Explicitly modeling genetic ancestry to improve polygenic prediction accuracy for height in a large, admixed cohort of US Latinos: Findings from HCHS/SOL
Xin Wang, Tamar Sofer, Oleksandr Frei…·Iris Broce
This paper improves polygenic prediction of height in an admixed Latino cohort by incorporating genetic ancestry, achieving a 0.1 increase in R² compared to using polygenic scores alone.
DOI 10.1016/j.xhgg.2026.100597