Transferability of genetic risk scores in African populations

AB Kamiza, SM Toure, M Vujkovic, T Machipisa… - Nature Medicine, 2022 - nature.com
The poor transferability of genetic risk scores (GRSs) derived from European ancestry data
in diverse populations is a cause of concern. We set out to evaluate whether GRSs derived …

The clinical applicability of polygenic risk scores for LDL-cholesterol: considerations, current evidence and future perspectives

AJ Cupido, TR Tromp, GK Hovingh - Current opinion in lipidology, 2021 - journals.lww.com
Summary LDL-C PRS help explain part of hypercholesterolemia in a proportion of
dyslipidemic patients that do not have monogenic FH. Nevertheless, the CVD risk conferred …

The transferability of lipid loci across African, Asian and European cohorts

K Kuchenbaecker, N Telkar, T Reiker… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Most genome-wide association studies are based on samples of European descent. We
assess whether the genetic determinants of blood lipids, a major cardiovascular risk factor …

Polygenic scores for dyslipidemia: the emerging genomic model of plasma lipoprotein trait inheritance

M Trinder, LR Brunham - Current Opinion in Lipidology, 2021 - journals.lww.com
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Polygenic scores for dyslipidemia: the emerging genomic model of plasma lipoprotein trait …

Into the Deep: New Data on the Lipid and Fatty Acid Profile of Redfish Sebastes mentella Inhabiting Different Depths in the Irminger Sea

VP Voronin, NN Nemova, TR Ruokolainen… - Biomolecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
New data on lipid and fatty acid profiles are presented, and the dynamics of the studied
components in muscles in the males and females of the beaked redfish, Sebastes mentella …

Establishing non-fasting reference values for plasma lipids levels based on age, sex, and puberty stage in a French-Canadian pediatric population

S Bouhour, R Plantefève, V Gillet… - Lipids in Health and …, 2024 - Springer
Background Dyslipidemias, including familial hypercholesterolemia (FH), are a significant
risk factor for cardiovascular diseases. FH is a genetic disorder resulting in elevated levels of …

Interaction between genetic risk score and dietary fat intake on lipid-related traits in Brazilian young adults

R Wuni, H Amerah, S Ammache, NT Cruvinel… - British Journal of …, 2024 - cambridge.org
The occurrence of dyslipidaemia, which is an established risk factor for cardiovascular
diseases, has been attributed to multiple factors including genetic and environmental …

[HTML][HTML] Polygenic Risk Score in African populations: progress and challenges

Y Adam, S Sadeeq, J Kumuthini, O Ajayi, G Wells… - …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Abstract Polygenic Risk Score (PRS) analysis is a method that predicts the genetic risk of an
individual towards targeted traits. Even when there are no significant markers, it gives …

Trans-ethnic polygenic analysis supports genetic overlaps of lumbar disc degeneration with height, body mass index, and bone mineral density

X Zhou, CL Cheung, T Karasugi, J Karppinen… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Lumbar disc degeneration (LDD) is age-related break-down in the fibrocartilaginous joints
between lumbar vertebrae. It is a major cause of low back pain and is conventionally …

Assessment of multi-population polygenic risk scores for lipid traits in African Americans

DE Drouet, S Liu, DC Crawford - PeerJ, 2023 - peerj.com
Polygenic risk scores (PRS) based on genome-wide discoveries are promising predictors or
classifiers of disease development, severity, and/or progression for common clinical …