Table 1.
List of 10 UK Biobank diseases analyzed
Diseases | British | British N | British K | Non-B. Eur. N | Non-B. Eur. K | S.A. N | S.A. K | Afr. N | Afr. K |
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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 () 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.