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. 2022 Jul 13;2(7):100152. doi: 10.1016/j.xgen.2022.100152

Table 1.

List of 10 UK Biobank diseases analyzed

Diseases British hg2 British N British K Non-B. Eur. N Non-B. Eur. K S.A. N S.A. K Afr. N Afr. K
Lung cancer 0.096 408,903 0.006 41,842 0.006 7,048 0.002 7,087 0.003
Bowel cancer 0.160 408,903 0.013 41,842 0.011 7,048 0.005 7,087 0.009
Stroke 0.090 408,903 0.024 41,842 0.020 7,048 0.025 7,087 0.025
COPD 0.172 408,903 0.035 41,842 0.035 7,048 0.022 7,087 0.013
Prostate cancer 0.296 187,889 0.038 18,192 0.032 3,811 0.014 3,096 0.050
T2D 0.372 407,565 0.042 41,642 0.040 6,881 0.155 6,961 0.098
Breast cancer 0.204 221,014 0.061 23,650 0.061 3,237 0.036 3,991 0.028
Depression 0.116 408,903 0.073 41,842 0.075 7,048 0.054 7,087 0.044
CAD 0.206 408,903 0.085 41,842 0.077 7,048 0.140 7,087 0.063
HTN 0.311 408,903 0.323 41,842 0.293 7,048 0.377 7,087 0.425

For each disease, we report the SNP-heritability (hg2) in UK Biobank British training data and the number of samples (N) and disease prevalence (K) in each UK Biobank training (British) and target (Non-British European, South Asian, or African) population. We note that the sample size and prevalence in British training data includes information from related individuals, but SNP-heritability was estimated using unrelated British individuals. Diseases are listed in order of disease prevalence in British training data. Our primary focus was on 3 well-powered diseases (type 2 diabetes, depression, and hypertension; denoted in bold) with (liability-scale) prediction R2 > 0.05 for PRS and/or FH in each target population (no additional criteria were applied).

Non-B. Eur., Non-British European; S.A., South Asian; Afr., African; COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, defined as chronic bronchitis/emphysema; T2D, type 2 diabetes; CAD, coronary artery disease; HTN, hypertension.