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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Apr 15.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer Prev Res (Phila). 2020 Feb 18;13(6):509–520. doi: 10.1158/1940-6207.CAPR-19-0521

Table 1. Details of the development and factors included in each of the risk scores included in validation study.

Genetic risk score Genetic plus phenotypic risk score
Author, year Country Number of SNPs Method of development of GRS Developed in original publication as a “genes-only” score Method of development of combined model Non-genetic risk factors included in score
Age Sex FH BMI Smoking Other
Abe 2017 Japan (d, v) 11 Unweighted allele counting model Logistic regression Referral pattern, alcohol consumption, regular exercise, and dietary folate intake
Dunlop 2013 UK, Canada, Australia, USA and Germany (d) Sweden and Finland (v) 10 Weighted allele model weighted by published log odds Stratified absolute risks calculated using logistic regression applied to Scottish data
Frampton 2016 UK (v) 37 Weighted allele model weighted by published log odds
Hosono 2016 Japan (d, v) 6 Unweighted allele counting model Logistic regression Referral pattern, alcohol consumption, regular exercise, dietary folate intake
Hsu 2015 USA and Germany (d, v) 31 Weighted model weighted by published log-odds
Huyghe 2019 European (91.7%) and East Asian (8.3%) (d) 120 Weighted allele model weighted by study derived weights
Ibanez-Sanz 2017 Spain (d, v) 21 Unweighted allele counting model (weighted allele models weighted by published log-odds and study derived log-odds similar so not reported) Logistic regression Alcohol use, physical exercise, red meat and vegetable intake, NSAIDs/aspirin use
Iwasaki 2017 Japan (d, v) 6 Weighted allele model weighted by study derived log- transformed per allele HR Weighted cox proportional hazards regression Developed in men only Alcohol
Jenkins 2016 / 2019 Weighted allele model weighted by published log odds 49 Weighted allele model weighted by published log odds
Jeon 2018 Australia, Canada, Germany, Israel and USA.(d, v) 63 Weighted allele model weighted by study derived estimated regression coefficients Logistic regression Developed separately in women and men Height, education, history of type 2 diabetes mellitus, alcohol consumption, regular aspirin use, regular NSAID use, smoking, intake of fibre, calcium, folate, processed meat, red meat, fruit, vegetables, total-energy, physical activity (both) HRT (women)
Smith 2018 UK (d, v) 42 Weighted allele model weighted by published log odds Log GRS combined with predicted log hazard ratio from original model Diabetes, multi-vitamin usage, years of education, alcohol intake, physical activity, NSAID usage, red meat intake, smoking, oestrogen use (women only)
Wang 2013 Taiwan (d, v) 16 Logistic regression / GRS based on genotypes not alleles
Xin 2018 China (d, v) 14 Weighted allele models weighted by published log odds and by study derived weights
Yarnall 2013 UK (v) 14 Weighted allele model / developed with a simulation based procedure using REGENT software OR estimated from simulation based procedure using REGENT software Alcohol, fibre intake, red meat intake, physical activity

CRC - colorectal cancer, SNP - single-nucleotide polymorphism, BMI - body mass index, NSAID - non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug, GRS - genetic risk score. d = development; v - validation