Variable prediction accuracy of polygenic scores within an ancestry group.
Mostafavi H, Harpak A, Agarwal I, Conley D, Pritchard JK, Przeworski M.
Mostafavi H, et al. Among authors: harpak a.
Elife. 2020 Jan 30;9:e48376. doi: 10.7554/eLife.48376.
Elife. 2020.
PMID: 31999256
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But there is a catch: polygenic scores make less accurate predictions for individuals of a different ancestry than those involved in the GWAS, which limits the use of these tools around the world. ...Using data from the UK Biobank, an international health resource t …
But there is a catch: polygenic scores make less accurate predictions for individuals of a different ancestry than those invol …