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. 2020 Jun 8;28(10):1467–1475. doi: 10.1038/s41431-020-0664-2

Table 1.

Performance metrics used in the evaluation of polygenic hazard scores.

Performance metric Description
HR98/50 Hazard ratio of the top 2% to the average (30–70%) in the test set
HR20/50 Hazard ratio of the bottom 20% to the average (30–70%) in the test set
HR98/20 Hazard ratio of the top 2% to the bottom 20% in the test set
HR80/20 Hazard ratio of the top 20% to the bottom 20% in the test set
z-score z-score of Cox proportional hazards model using PHS as a sole predictor of age in the test set
beta Coefficient of PHS in a Cox proportional hazards model using PHS as a sole predictor of age in the test set