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. 2021 Dec 2;52(2):92–107. doi: 10.1007/s10519-021-10094-4

Table 2.

Relationships between the PGSs and measures of educational attainment and neighborhood-SES, controlled for genetic covariates (10 PCs in both samples as well as genotyping batch in NTR) and sex and age

NTR (N = 8989 for EA and N = 12,584 for neighborhood) NEMESIS-2 (N = 3090)
PGSallsmok PGSEA PGSsmok-noEA PGSallsmok PGSEA PGSsmok-noEA
EAa
 b  − 0.059 0.221  − 0.016  − 0.08 0.228  − 0.031
 SE 0.009 0.008 0.009 0.015 0.014 0.014
 p 6.24E − 12 2.12E − 144 0.070 4.80E − 08 2.28E − 59 0.030
 R2* 2.3% 7.7% 1.8% 1.0% 8.1% 0.2%
Neighborhoodb
 b  − 0.039 0.126  − 0.011 0.027 0.001 0.025
 SE 0.010 0.0116 0.0104 0.08 0.019 0.018
 p 1.63E − 04  < 5E − 300 0.281 0.147 0.950 0.177
 R2 0.6% 2.0% 0.5% 0.3% 0.2% 0.3%

The relationships were tested in separate models, so that these models do not control for overlap between the PGSs

aEducational attainment. In NTR, 4-level variable with 1 = primary school, 2 = lower vocational/ lower secondary school, 3 = intermediate vocational/intermediate and high secondary school, and 4 = higher vocational/ university; in NEMESIS-2, 3-level variable with 1 = primary/lower secondary, 2 = higher secondary, 3 = higher professional education

bIn NTR, a measure of neighborhood-level income; in NEMESIS-2, a survey-based measure of neighborhood quality

*R2 is given for the model excluding age and sex