Adjusting for common variant polygenic scores improves yield in rare variant association analyses.

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With the emergence of large-scale sequencing data, methods for improving power in rare variant association tests are needed. Here we show that adjusting for common variant polygenic scores improves yield in gene-based rare variant association tests across 65 quantitative traits in the UK Biobank (up to 20% increase at α = 2.6 × 10-6), without marked increases in false-positive rates or genomic inflation. Benefits...

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