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BridgePRS leverages shared genetic effects across ancestries to increase polygenic risk score portability.
Nature genetics - 1 Jan 2024
Hoggart Clive J, Choi Shing Wan, García-González Judit, Souaiaia Tade, Preuss Michael, O'Reilly Paul F
Abstract excerpt
Here we present BridgePRS, a novel Bayesian polygenic risk score (PRS) method that leverages shared genetic effects across ancestries to increase PRS portability. We evaluate BridgePRS via simulations and real UK Biobank data across 19 traits in individuals of African, South Asian and East Asian ancestry, using both UK Biobank and Biobank Japan genome-wide association study summary statistics; out-of-cohort...
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