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. 2023 Feb 1;21:35. doi: 10.1186/s12916-023-02731-y

Table 2.

Relevance and strength of the genetic risk scores with exposures in pregnancy

Study N participants N SNPs in GRS Coefficient (95% CI)a P-value R2/pseudo R2 b F statistic c AUC
Association of GRS for BMI with pre-/early-pregnancy BMI
 ALSPAC 6253 941 0.24 (0.21, 0.26) 1 × 10−80 5.6% 372 -
 BiB 6196 939 0.20 (0.18, 0.23) 5 × 10−59 4.1% 268 -
 MoBa 45,033 868 0.25 (0.24, 0.26)  < 1 × 10−100 6.3% 3,023 -
Association of GRS for a lifetime smoking index with any smoking during pregnancy
 ALSPAC 6428 126 1.27 (1.20, 1.35) 1 × 10−16 1.6% - 0.56
 BiB 6482 126 1.36 (1.27, 1.45) 2 × 10−20 2.2% - 0.59
 MoBa 41,292 119 1.27 (1.23, 1.31) 5 × 10−47 1.0% - 0.57
Association of GRS for drinks per week with any alcohol consumption in pregnancy
 ALSPAC 6087 98 1.14 (1.07, 1.21) 3 × 10−5 0.4% - 0.53
 BiB 2110 99 1.08 (0.99, 1.18) 0.09 0.2% - 0.52
 MoBa 38,645 73 1.02 (0.99, 1.04) 0.17 0.007% - 0.50
 MoBa sensitivity d 38,645 73 1.05 (1.02, 1.08) 0.003 0.04% - 0.51

Abbreviations: SNP Single nucleotide polymorphism, GRS Genetic risk score, CI Confidence interval, AUC Area under the curve, ALSPAC Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children, BiB Born in Bradford, MoBa Norwegian Mother, Father and Child Cohort

aEffect estimates (coefficient) are difference in mean (BMI) or odds ratio (smoking or drinking yes/no during pregnancy) per SD increase in genetic risk score

bFor the binary outcomes (smoking and alcohol) pseudo-R2 are presented

cFor BMI F-statistic is presented; for binary outcomes (smoking and alcohol) AUC is presented

dIn MoBa 32% consumed any alcohol during pregnancy. However, 63% of those consumed alcohol “less than once per month” based on the questionnaire data. In the sensitivity analysis shown above, we re-coded the variable so that those that consumed alcohol less than once per month were classed as non-drinkers (N.B. due to the small numbers in each individual category, we were not able to analyse these separately). This was performed as an additional check to ensure the GRS was associated with pregnancy alcohol consumption in MoBa