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. 2020 Sep 28;107(5):815–836. doi: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2020.08.025

Table 3.

Comparison of PRS Methods on Breast Cancer PRS Performance in MGI and UKB

Method Tuning Parameter # SNPs Pseudo-R2 Brier Score AAUC (95% CI) Odds Ratio Continuous PRS (95% CI) Odds Ratio Top 1% (95% CI)
MGI Cohort

Lassosum: s = 0.5, λ = 0.0043 118,388 0.0592 0.134 0.641 (0.625,0.656) 1.70 (1.59,1.81) 2.48 (1.63,3.77)
P&T: p ≤ 4 × 10−4 3,038 0.0532 0.135 0.635 (0.618,0.651) 1.64 (1.54,1.75) 2.84 (1.88,4.28)
Fixed threshold: p ≤ 5 × 10−5 1,307 0.0521 0.135 0.634 (0.618,0.65) 1.63 (1.53,1.74) 2.75 (1.81,4.17)
Fixed threshold: p ≤ 5 × 10−6 712 0.0484 0.135 0.629 (0.612,0.645) 1.60 (1.50,1.70) 3.06 (2.04,4.59)
Fixed threshold: p ≤ 5 × 10−7 464 0.0476 0.135 0.627 (0.611,0.644) 1.60 (1.50,1.70) 3.38 (2.28,5.02)
Fixed threshold: p ≤ 5 × 10−8 334 0.0462 0.136 0.625 (0.609,0.641) 1.58 (1.49,1.69) 3.32 (2.24,4.93)
Fixed threshold: p ≤ 5 × 10−9 264 0.0455 0.136 0.624 (0.608,0.64) 1.58 (1.48,1.68) 2.56 (1.68,3.90)

UKB Cohort

Lassosum: s = 0.9, λ = 0.0043 286,144 0.0487 0.0807 0.643 (0.637,0.65) 1.70 (1.65,1.75) 4.02 (3.46,4.67)
P&T: p ≤ 1 × 10−4 1,682 0.0401 0.0811 0.63 (0.623,0.637) 1.61 (1.57,1.66) 3.69 (3.16,4.31)
Fixed threshold: p ≤ 5 × 10−6 712 0.0402 0.0811 0.628 (0.62,0.635) 1.61 (1.57,1.65) 3.32 (2.83,3.90)
Fixed threshold: p ≤ 5 × 10−5 1,307 0.0392 0.0812 0.627 (0.62,0.634) 1.60 (1.56,1.64) 3.49 (2.98,4.08)
Fixed threshold: p ≤ 5 × 10−7 464 0.0384 0.0812 0.626 (0.618,0.633) 1.59 (1.55,1.63) 3.81 (3.27,4.44)
Fixed threshold: p ≤ 5 × 10−8 334 0.0361 0.0813 0.622 (0.615,0.63) 1.57 (1.53,1.61) 3.69 (3.16,4.31)
Fixed threshold: p ≤ 5 × 10−9 264 0.0347 0.0813 0.62 (0.612,0.627) 1.55 (1.51,1.59) 3.28 (2.79,3.86)

PRSs are based on the BCAC Consortium GWAS on overall breast cancer.11 Italic values indicate best performing PRSs according to the corresponding metrics for MGI or UKB.