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. 2018 Aug 14;210(2):499–515. doi: 10.1534/genetics.118.301479

Table 5. GRS in GERA and UKB ethnicity groups.

P (426 SNPs) P+G+GG (457 SNPs) P+G+GG P+G+GG P+G+GG P+G+GG
Group Sex R2 R2 Mean SD Eff. P
GERA non-Hispanic whites F 0.032 0.035 7.632 0.265 0.772 10−374
GERA non-Hispanic whites M 0.030 0.032 6.776 0.248 0.612 10−244
GERA Latinos F 0.039 0.041 7.604 0.257 0.856 10−48
GERA Latinos M 0.028 0.028 6.746 0.239 0.600 10−22
GERA East Asians F 0.024 0.026 7.340 0.243 0.689 10−26
GERA East Asians M 0.015 0.017 6.536 0.212 0.573 10−12
GERA African Americans F 0.015 0.020 7.606 0.229 0.666 10−9
GERA African Americans M 0.012 0.013 6.699 0.212 0.466 10−4
UKB non-Hispanic whites F 0.027 0.030 8.315 0.287 0.639 10−1545
UKB non-Hispanic whites M 0.030 0.033 6.017 0.217 0.760 10−1451
UKB mixed/other F 0.033 0.035 8.346 0.288 0.700 10−34
UKB mixed/other M 0.029 0.032 5.956 0.217 0.748 10−26
UKB East Asians F 0.017 0.020 8.184 0.251 0.571 10−6
UKB East Asians M 0.016 0.014 5.864 0.190 0.599 10−3
UKB African British F 0.013 0.013 8.554 0.245 0.524 10−15
UKB African British M 0.018 0.015 5.818 0.179 0.573 10−13
UKB South Asians F 0.018 0.019 8.289 0.269 0.567 10−19
UKB South Asians M 0.022 0.021 5.928 0.207 0.624 10−24

Abbreviations: P, previously-identified; G, GERA-identified; GG, GERA+GIANT-identified; R2, variance explained from GRS using GERA meta-analysis effect sizes (stratified by sex); Eff., effect; GERA, Genetic Epidemiology Research on Adult Health and Aging cohort; GIANT, Genetic Investigation of Anthropomorphic Traits consortium; UKB, UK Biobank.