Journal of Lipid Research,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
unknown, С. 100714 - 100714
Опубликована: Ноя. 1, 2024
In
this
retrospective,
case-control
study,
we
tested
the
hypothesis
that
blood-lipid
concentrations
during
decade
prior
to
cognitive
symptom
onset
can
inform
risk
prediction
for
Alzheimer's
disease
(AD)
and
stable
mild
impairment
(MCI).
Clinically
well-characterized
cases
were
diagnosed
using
DSM-IV
criteria;
MCI
had
been
≥5
years;
controls
propensity
matched
at
(MCI:
116
cases,
435
controls;
AD:
215
483
controls).
Participants
grouped
based
on
(i)
longitudinal
trajectories
(ii)
quintile
of
variability
independent
mean
(VIM)
total
cholesterol
(TC),
high-density
lipoprotein
(HDL-C),
low-density
cholesterol,
non-HDL-C,
ln(triglycerides).
Risk
models
evaluated
contributions
lipid
trajectory
VIM
groups
relative
APOE
genotype
or
polygenic
scores
(PRS)
AD
levels
major
confounders:
age,
lipid-lowering
medications,
comorbidities,
other
correlates
concentrations.
with
AD-PRS,
higher
MCI-risk
was
associated
two
lower
HDL-C
[odds
ratios:
3.8(1.3-11.3;
P=0.014),
3.2(1.1-9.3;
P=0.038),
high
trajectory],
lowest
non-HDL-C
ratio:
2.2
(1.3-3.8:P=0.004),
quintiles
2-5].
Higher
AD-risk
2.8(1.5-5.1;
P=0.001),
3.7
(2.0-7.0;
P<0.001)],
TC
2.5(1.5-4.0:
P<0.001)].
Inclusion
lipid-trajectory
improved
risk-model
predictive
performance
lipid-level
PRS.
These
results
provide
important
real-world
perspectives
how
variation
contribute
decline.
Importance
Polygenic
risk
scores
(PRSs)
for
coronary
heart
disease
(CHD)
are
a
growing
clinical
and
commercial
reality.
Whether
existing
provide
similar
individual-level
assessments
of
susceptibility
remains
incompletely
characterized.
Objective
To
characterize
the
agreement
CHD
PRSs
that
perform
similarly
at
population
level.
Design,
Setting,
Participants
Cross-sectional
study
participants
from
diverse
backgrounds
enrolled
in
All
Us
Research
Program
(AOU),
Penn
Medicine
BioBank
(PMBB),
University
California,
Los
Angeles
(UCLA)
ATLAS
Precision
Health
Biobank
with
electronic
health
record
genotyping
data.
Exposures
published
new
developed
separately
testing
samples.
Main
Outcomes
Measures
performed
population-level
prediction
were
identified
by
comparing
calibration
discrimination
models
prevalent
CHD.
Individual-level
was
tested
intraclass
correlation
coefficient
(ICC)
Light
κ.
Results
A
total
48
calculated
171
095
AOU
participants.
The
mean
(SD)
age
56.4
(16.8)
years.
104
947
(61.3%)
female.
35
590
(20.8%)
most
genetically
to
an
African
reference
population,
29
801
(17.4%)
admixed
American
100
493
(58.7%)
European
remaining
Central/South
Asian,
East
Middle
Eastern
populations.
There
17
589
(10.3%)
153
506
without
(89.7%)
When
included
model
CHD,
46
had
practically
equivalent
Brier
area
under
receiver
operator
curves
(region
practical
equivalence
±0.02).
Twenty
percent
least
1
score
both
top
bottom
5%
risk.
Continuous
individual
predictions
poor
(ICC,
0.373
[95%
CI,
0.372-0.375]).
κ,
used
evaluate
consistency
assignment,
did
not
exceed
0.56.
Analysis
among
41
193
PMBB
53
092
yielded
different
sets
scores,
which
also
lacked
agreement.
Conclusions
Relevance
level
demonstrated
highly
variable
estimates
Recognizing
may
generate
incongruent
estimates,
effective
implementation
will
require
refined
statistical
methods
quantify
uncertainty
strategies
communicate
this
patients
clinicians.
Epigenetic
clocks
that
quantify
rates
of
aging
from
DNA
methylation
patterns
across
the
genome
have
emerged
as
a
potential
biomarker
for
risk
age-related
diseases,
like
Alzheimer’s
disease
(AD),
and
environmental
social
stressors.
However,
not
been
validated
in
genetically
diverse
cohorts.
Here
we
evaluate
set
621
AD
patients
matched
controls
African
American,
Hispanic,
white
co-horts.
The
are
less
accurate
at
predicting
age
admixed
individuals,
especially
those
with
substantial
ancestry,
than
cohort.
also
do
consistently
identify
acceleration
cases
compared
to
controls.
Methylation
QTL
(meQTL)
commonly
influence
CpGs
clocks,
these
meQTL
significantly
higher
frequencies
genetic
ancestries.
Our
results
demonstrate
often
fail
predict
beyond
their
training
populations
suggest
avenues
improving
portability.
medRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory),
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
unknown
Опубликована: Авг. 22, 2024
Combining
information
from
multiple
GWASs
for
a
disease
and
its
risk
factors
has
proven
powerful
approach
development
of
polygenic
scores
(PRSs).
This
may
be
particularly
useful
type
2
diabetes
(T2D),
highly
heterogeneous
where
the
additional
predictive
value
PRS
is
unclear.
Here,
we
use
meta-scoring
to
develop
metaPRS
T2D
that
incorporated
genome-wide
associations
both
European
non-European
genetic
ancestries
factors.
We
evaluated
performance
this
benchmarked
it
against
existing
in
620,059
participants
50,572
cases
amongst
six
diverse
UK
Biobank,
INTERVAL,
All
Us
Research
Program,
Singapore
Multi-Ethnic
Cohort.
show
our
was
most
predicting
population-based
cohorts
had
comparable
top
ancestry-specific
PRS,
highlighting
transferability.
In
stronger
power
10-year
than
all
individual
apart
BMI
biomarkers
dysglycemia.
The
modestly
improved
stratification
QDiabetes
prediction,
when
prioritising
individuals
blood
tests
Overall,
present
transferrable
demonstrate
potential
incrementally
improve
prediction
into
guideline-recommended
screening
with
clinical
score.
Epigenetic
clocks
that
quantify
rates
of
aging
from
DNA
methylation
patterns
across
the
genome
have
emerged
as
a
potential
biomarker
for
risk
age-related
diseases,
like
Alzheimer’s
disease
(AD),
and
environmental
social
stressors.
However,
not
been
validated
in
genetically
diverse
cohorts.
Here
we
evaluate
set
621
AD
patients
matched
controls
African
American,
Hispanic,
white
co-horts.
The
are
less
accurate
at
predicting
age
admixed
individuals,
especially
those
with
substantial
ancestry,
than
cohort.
also
do
consistently
identify
acceleration
cases
compared
to
controls.
Methylation
QTL
(meQTL)
commonly
influence
CpGs
clocks,
these
meQTL
significantly
higher
frequencies
genetic
ancestries.
Our
results
demonstrate
often
fail
predict
beyond
their
training
populations
suggest
avenues
improving
portability.
Nature Communications,
Год журнала:
2025,
Номер
16(1)
Опубликована: Апрель 5, 2025
Abstract
Large
biobanks
have
set
a
new
standard
for
research
and
innovation
in
human
genomics
implementation
of
personalized
medicine.
The
Estonian
Biobank
was
founded
quarter
century
ago,
its
biological
specimens,
clinical,
health,
omics,
lifestyle
data
been
included
over
800
publications
to
date.
What
makes
the
biobank
unique
internationally
is
translational
focus,
with
active
efforts
conduct
clinical
studies
based
on
genetic
findings,
explore
effects
return
results
participants.
In
this
review,
we
provide
an
overview
Biobank,
highlight
strengths
studying
variation
quantitative
phenotypes
health-related
traits,
development
methods
frameworks
bringing
into
clinic,
role
as
driving
force
implementing
medicine
national
level
beyond.
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory),
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
unknown
Опубликована: Авг. 6, 2024
Abstract
Recent
studies
have
demonstrated
that
polygenic
risk
scores
(PRS)
trained
on
multi-ancestry
data
can
improve
prediction
accuracy
in
groups
historically
underrepresented
genomic
studies,
but
the
availability
of
linked
health
and
genetic
from
large-scale
diverse
cohorts
representative
a
wide
spectrum
human
diversity
remains
limited.
To
address
this
need,
All
Us
research
program
(AoU)
generated
whole-genome
sequences
245,388
individuals
who
collectively
reflect
USA.
Leveraging
resource
another
widely-used
population-scale
biobank,
UK
Biobank
(UKB)
with
half
million
participants,
we
developed
PRS
multi-biobank
up
to
∼750,000
participants
for
32
common,
complex
traits
diseases
across
range
architectures.
We
then
compared
effects
ancestry,
methodology,
architecture
held
out
subset
ancestrally
AoU
participants.
Due
more
heterogeneous
study
design
AoU,
found
lower
heritability
average
UKB
(0.075
vs
0.165),
which
limited
maximal
achievable
AoU.
Overall,
increased
significantly
improved
performance
some
especially
individuals,
multiple
phenotypes.
Notably,
maximizing
sample
size
by
combining
discovery
is
not
optimal
approach
predicting
phenotypes
African
ancestry
populations;
rather,
using
only
these
resulted
greatest
accuracy.
This
was
true
less
large
ancestry-enriched
effects,
such
as
neutrophil
count
(
R
2
:
0.055
vs.
0.035
cross-biobank
meta-analysis,
respectively,
because
e.g.
DARC
).
Lastly,
calculated
individual-level
accuracies
rather
than
grouping
continental
critical
step
towards
interpretability
precision
medicine.
Individualized
decays
linearly
function
divergence,
slope
smaller
GWAS
European
GWAS.
Our
results
highlight
potential
biobanks
balanced
representations
facilitate
accurate
least
represented
studies.
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory),
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
unknown
Опубликована: Дек. 3, 2024
Ensemble
learning
has
been
increasingly
popular
for
boosting
the
predictive
power
of
polygenic
risk
scores
(PRS),
with
almost
every
recent
multi-ancestry
PRS
approach
employing
ensemble
as
a
final
step.
Existing
approaches
rely
on
individual-level
data
model
training,
which
severely
limits
their
real-world
applications,
especially
in
non-European
populations
without
sufficient
genomic
samples.
Here,
we
introduce
statistical
framework
to
construct
regularized
PRS,
allows
us
combine
large
number
candidate
models
using
only
summary
statistics
from
genome-wide
association
studies.
We
demonstrate
its
robust
and
substantial
improvement
over
many
existing
both
within-
cross-ancestry
applications.
believe
this
is
truly
"one
score
rule
them
all"
due
capability
continuously
newly
developed
improve
prediction
performance,
makes
it
universal
that
should
always
be
employed
future
medRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory),
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
unknown
Опубликована: Июль 26, 2024
Abstract
Importance
Polygenic
risk
scores
(PRSs)
for
coronary
artery
disease
(CAD)
are
a
growing
clinical
and
commercial
reality.
Whether
existing
provide
similar
individual-level
assessments
of
liability
is
critical
consideration
implementation
that
remains
uncharacterized.
Objective
Characterize
the
reliability
CAD
PRSs
perform
equivalently
at
population
level
predicting
risk.
Design
Cross-sectional
Study.
Setting
All
Us
Research
Program
(AOU),
Penn
Medicine
Biobank
(PMBB),
UCLA
ATLAS
Precision
Health
Biobank.
Participants
Volunteers
diverse
genetic
backgrounds
enrolled
in
AOU,
PMBB,
with
available
electronic
health
record
genotyping
data.
Exposures
from
previously
published
new
developed
separately
testing
cohorts.
Main
Outcomes
Measures
Sets
prediction
were
identified
by
comparing
calibration
discrimination
(Brier
score
AUROC)
generalized
linear
models
prevalent
using
Bayesian
analysis
variance.
Among
performing
scores,
agreement
between
estimates
was
tested
intraclass
correlation
(ICC)
Light’s
Kappa,
measures
inter-rater
reliability.
Results
50
calculated
171,095
AOU
participants.
When
included
model
CAD,
48
had
practically
equivalent
Brier
AUROCs
(region
practical
equivalence
=
0.02).
Across
these
84%
participants
least
one
both
top
bottom
quintile.
Continuous
individual
predictions
poor,
an
ICC
0.351
(95%
CI;
0.349,
0.352).
Agreement
two
statistically
moderate,
0.649
0.646,
0.652).
used
to
evaluate
consistency
assignment
high-risk
thresholds,
did
not
exceed
0.56
(interpreted
as
‘fair’)
across
scores.
Repeating
among
41,193
PMBB
50,748
yielded
different
sets
which
also
lacked
strong
agreement.
Conclusions
Relevance
three
biobanks,
performed
produced
unreliable
estimates.
Approaches
must
consider
potential
discordant
otherwise
indistinguishable
medRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory),
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
unknown
Опубликована: Сен. 28, 2024
Abstract
To
assess
the
relationship
between
lipids
and
cognitive
dysfunction,
we
retrospectively
analyzed
blood-lipid
levels
in
clinically
well-characterized
individuals
with
stable
mild
impairment
(MCI)
or
Alzheimer’s
disease
(AD)
over
decade
prior
to
first
symptoms.
In
this
case/control
cohort
study,
AD
MCI
cases
were
diagnosed
using
DSM-IV
criteria;
had
not
progressed
dementia
for
≥5
years;
controls
propensity
matched
at
age
of
symptom
onset
(MCI:
116
cases,
435
controls;
AD:
215
483
controls).
Participants
grouped
based
on
longitudinal
trajectories
quintile
variability
independent
mean
(VIM)
total
cholesterol,
HDL-C,
LDL-C,
non-HDL-C
ln(triglycerides).
Models
risk
dysfunction
evaluated
trajectory
VIM
groups,
APOE
genotype,
polygenic
scores
(PRS)
lipid
levels,
age,
comorbidities,
correlates
concentrations.
Lower
HDL-C
(OR
=
3.8,
95%
CI
1.3–11.3)
lowest
2.2,
1.3–3.0)
associated
higher
risk.
3.0,
1.6–5.7)
cholesterol
2.4,
1.5–3.9)
The
inclusion
lipid-trajectory
groups
improved
risk-model
predictive
performance
genotype
PRS
levels.
These
results
provide
an
important
real-world
perspective
influence
metabolism
development
AD.