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. 2021 Sep 16;17(9):e1009670. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1009670

Table 1. Association and evaluation of cancer PRS across ancestry groups.

GWAS Trait/Outcome PRS Method (SNPs) Ancestry Group n Cases n Controls PRS Association PRS Evaluation
AAUC (95% CI)
Odds Ratio* (95% CI) P
Overall Breast Cancer GPRS (334) EUR 14109 214163 1.594 (1.567, 1.622) 1.7x10-613 0.628 (0.623, 0.632)
SAS 149 3598 1.451 (1.231, 1.71) 8.80x10-6 0.603 (0.557, 0.651)
AFR 116 3666 1.442 (1.199, 1.735) 0.00011 0.6 (0.546, 0.65)
EAS 45 1069 1.852 (1.385, 2.475) 3.20x10-5 0.676 (0.59, 0.757)
CSPRS (1,120,410) EUR 14109 214163 1.771 (1.739, 1.803) 5.4x10-857 0.653 (0.648, 0.657)
SAS 149 3598 1.656 (1.4, 1.958) 4.00x10-9 0.641 (0.594, 0.687)
AFR 116 3666 1.761 (1.453, 2.134) 7.90x10-9 0.651 (0.598, 0.701)
EAS 45 1069 1.761 (1.297, 2.39) 0.00029 0.66 (0.585, 0.735)
Prostate Cancer GPRS (377) EUR 6561 182590 1.943 (1.894, 1.993) 3.1x10-566 0.68 (0.674, 0.687)
SAS 51 4305 1.785 (1.389, 2.295) 6.00x10-6 0.652 (0.576, 0.726)
AFR 144 2681 1.501 (1.254, 1.796) 9.70x10-6 0.615 (0.567, 0.66)
EAS 7 622 1.63 (0.83, 3.205) 0.16 0.619 (0.442, 0.811)
CSPRS (1,120,596) EUR 6561 182590 2.14 (2.085, 2.197) 4.2x10-711 0.702 (0.695, 0.708)
SAS 51 4305 2.383 (1.826, 3.111) 1.70x10-10 0.745 (0.684, 0.8)
AFR 144 2681 1.325 (1.107, 1.586) 0.0021 0.579 (0.527, 0.63)
EAS 7 622 1.943 (1.005, 3.755) 0.048 0.626 (0.385, 0.853)

Analyses were adjusted for birth year, genotyping array, and first ten principal components. Odds ratios are given per standard deviation within ethnic group. Abbreviations: AAUC, covariate-adjusted area under the receiver-operator characteristics curve; CI, confidence interval; GWAS, genome-wide association study; PRS, polygenic risk score; GPRS: GWAS Hits-based PRS; CSPRS: PRS-CS based PRS; SNP, single nucleotide polymorphism; AFR: African; EAS: East Asian; EUR: European, SAS: South Asian