scholarly journals Identification of Genetic Loci Simultaneously Associated with Multiple Cardiometabolic Traits

2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexis C. Wood ◽  
Amit Arora ◽  
Michelle Newell ◽  
Victoria L. Bland ◽  
Jin Zhou ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Genetic Loci ◽  
Cardiometabolic Traits

scholarly journals Transferability of genetic loci and polygenic scores for cardiometabolic traits in British Pakistanis and Bangladeshis

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qin Qin Huang ◽  
Neneh Sallah ◽  
Diana Dunca ◽  
Bhavi Trivedi ◽  
Karen A Hunt ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Blood Pressure ◽  
Risk Prediction ◽  
European Ancestry ◽  
Mendelian Randomisation ◽  
Genetic Loci ◽  
Clinical Risk ◽  
Polygenic Scores ◽  
British Pakistanis ◽  
Cardiometabolic Traits

Background: Individuals with South Asian ancestry have higher risk of heart disease than other groups in Western countries; however, most genetic research has focused on European-ancestry (EUR) individuals. It is unknown whether reported genetic loci and polygenic scores (PGSs) for cardiometabolic traits are transferable to South Asians, and whether PGSs have utility in clinical settings. Methods: Using data from 22,000 British Pakistani and Bangladeshi individuals with linked electronic health records from the Genes & Health cohort (G&H), we conducted genome-wide association studies (GWAS) and characterised the genetic architecture of coronary artery disease (CAD), body mass index (BMI), lipid biomarkers and blood pressure. We applied a new technique to assess the extent to which loci from GWAS in EUR samples were transferable. We tested how well existing findings from EUR studies performed in genetic risk prediction and Mendelian randomisation in G&H. Results: Trans-ancestry genetic correlations between G&H and EUR samples for the tested traits were not significantly lower than 1, except for BMI (rg=0.85, p=0.02). We found evidence for transferability for the vast majority of loci from EUR discovery studies that were sufficiently powered to replicate in G&H. PGSs showed variable transferability in G&H, with the relative accuracy compared to EUR (ratio of incremental r2/AUC) ≥0.95 for HDL-C, triglycerides, and blood pressure, but lower for BMI (0.78) and CAD (0.42). We observed significant improvement in categorical net reclassification in G&H (NRI=3.9%; 95% CI 0.9-7.0) when adding a previously developed CAD PGS to clinical risk factors (QRISK3). We used transferable loci as genetic instruments in trans-ancestry Mendelian randomisation and found evidence of an increased CAD risk for higher LDL-C and BMI, and for lower HDL-C in G&H, consistent with our findings for EUR samples. Conclusions: The genetic loci for CAD and its risk factors are largely transferable from EUR studies to British Pakistanis and Bangladeshis, whereas the transferability of PGSs varies greatly between traits. Our analyses suggest clinical utility for addition of PGS to existing clinical risk prediction tools for this population.

Immune-Related Genetic Loci Linked to Multiple Sclerosis

2011 ◽  
Vol 44 (16) ◽  
pp. 49
Author(s):  
HEIDI SPLETE
Keyword(s):  
Multiple Sclerosis ◽  
Genetic Loci

Differential Impact of Genetic Loci on Age at Thelarche and Menarche in Healthy Girls

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Busch AS ◽  
Hagen CP ◽  
Assens M ◽  
Main KM ◽  
Almstrup K ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Genetic Loci ◽  
Differential Impact
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