Clinical use of current polygenic risk scores may exacerbate health disparities

AR Martin, M Kanai, Y Kamatani, Y Okada, BM Neale… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Polygenic risk scores (PRS) are poised to improve biomedical outcomes via precision
medicine. However, the major ethical and scientific challenge surrounding clinical …

[HTML][HTML] Precision nutrition: a review of personalized nutritional approaches for the prevention and management of metabolic syndrome

D Toro-Martín, BJ Arsenault, JP Després, MC Vohl - Nutrients, 2017 - mdpi.com
The translation of the growing increase of findings emerging from basic nutritional science
into meaningful and clinically relevant dietary advices represents nowadays one of the main …

[PDF][PDF] Polygenic prediction of weight and obesity trajectories from birth to adulthood

AV Khera, M Chaffin, KH Wade, S Zahid, J Brancale… - Cell, 2019 - cell.com
Severe obesity is a rapidly growing global health threat. Although often attributed to
unhealthy lifestyle choices or environmental factors, obesity is known to be heritable and …

[HTML][HTML] Machine learning SNP based prediction for precision medicine

DSW Ho, W Schierding, M Wake, R Saffery… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
In the past decade, precision genomics based medicine has emerged to provide tailored
and effective healthcare for patients depending upon their genetic features. Genome Wide …

Current review of genetics of human obesity: from molecular mechanisms to an evolutionary perspective

D Albuquerque, E Stice, R Rodríguez-López… - Molecular genetics and …, 2015 - Springer
It is well-known that obesity is a complex multifactorial and heterogeneous condition with an
important genetic component. Recently, major advances in obesity research emerged …

The genetic epidemiology of substance use disorder: A review

EC Prom-Wormley, J Ebejer, DM Dick… - Drug and alcohol …, 2017 - Elsevier
Background Substance use disorder (SUD) remains a significant public health issue. A
greater understanding of how genes and environment interact to regulate phenotypes …

Polygenic influence on educational attainment: New evidence from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health

BW Domingue, DW Belsky, D Conley, KM Harris… - AERA …, 2015 - journals.sagepub.com
Recent studies have begun to uncover the genetic architecture of educational attainment.
We build on this work using genome-wide data from siblings in the National Longitudinal …

High genetic risk score is associated with early disease onset, damage accrual and decreased survival in systemic lupus erythematosus

S Reid, A Alexsson, M Frodlund, D Morris… - Annals of the …, 2020 - ard.bmj.com
Objectives To investigate associations between a high genetic disease risk and disease
severity in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Methods Patients with SLE (n …

[PDF][PDF] Predicting polygenic obesity using genetic information

RJF Loos, ACJW Janssens - Cell metabolism, 2017 - cell.com
Except in rare cases, obesity tends to be a consequence of both an unhealthy lifestyle and a
genetic susceptibility to gain weight. With more than 200 common genetic variants identified …

Generalizing polygenic risk scores from Europeans to Hispanics/Latinos

KE Grinde, Q Qi, TA Thornton, S Liu… - Genetic …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Polygenic risk scores (PRSs) are weighted sums of risk allele counts of single‐nucleotide
polymorphisms (SNPs) associated with a disease or trait. PRSs are typically constructed …