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. 2020 Nov;98(5):1323-1330.
doi: 10.1016/j.kint.2020.04.055. Epub 2020 Jun 12.

Derivation and validation of genome-wide polygenic score for urinary tract stone diagnosis

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Derivation and validation of genome-wide polygenic score for urinary tract stone diagnosis

Ishan Paranjpe et al. Kidney Int. 2020 Nov.

Abstract

Urinary tract stones have high heritability indicating a strong genetic component. However, genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have uncovered only a few genome wide significant single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs). Polygenic risk scores (PRS) sum cumulative effect of many SNPs and shed light on underlying genetic architecture. Using GWAS summary statistics from 361,141 participants in the United Kingdom Biobank, we generated a PRS and determined association with stone diagnosis in 28,877 participants in the Mount Sinai BioMe Biobank. In BioMe (1,071 cases and 27,806 controls), for every standard deviation increase, we observed a significant increment in adjusted odds ratio of a factor of 1.2 (95% confidence interval 1.13-1.26). In comparison, a risk score comprised of GWAS significant SNPs was not significantly associated with diagnosis. After stratifying individuals into low and high-risk categories on clinical risk factors, there was a significant increment in adjusted odds ratio of 1.3 (1.12-1.6) in the low- and 1.2 (1.1-1.2) in the high-risk group for every standard deviation increment in PRS. In a 14,348-participant validation cohort (Penn Medicine Biobank), every standard deviation increment was associated with a significant adjusted odds ratio of 1.1 (1.03 - 1.2). Thus, a genome-wide PRS is associated with urinary tract stones overall and in the absence of known clinical risk factors and illustrates their complex polygenic architecture.

Keywords: genomics; nephrolithiasis; personalized medicine; polygenic risk score; urinary tract stone.

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A. Generation of polygenic risk score from GWAS summary statistics. B. Overall scheme of polygenic risk score development and application in BioMe and PMBB cohorts
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A. Association of PRS with urinary tract stone diagnosis stratified by race in BioMe. Odds ratio was computed using a logistic regression adjusted for age, sex, 10 genetic PCs, history of hypertension, gout, and type 2 diabetes. B. Prevalence of urinary tract stone diagnosis for different levels of PRS C. Distribution of normalized PRS in BioMe .
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Figure 3
Association of PRS with urinary tract stone diagnosis in BioMe stratified by clinical risk adjusted for age, sex, BMI, and 10 genetic principal components. Low clinical risk was defined as BMI <25 and no history of gout, type 2 diabetes and hypertension. High clinical risk included all other patients.
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Figure 4
A. Association of PRS with urinary tract stone diagnosis in Penn Medicine Bio Bank validation cohort stratified by self-reported race. Prevalence of urinary tract stone diagnosis for different levels of PRS in B. European Americans and C. African Americans. Distribution of PRS in D. European Americans and E. African Americans

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