Towards clinical utility of polygenic risk scores

SA Lambert, G Abraham, M Inouye - Human molecular genetics, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Prediction of disease risk is an essential part of preventative medicine, often guiding clinical
management. Risk prediction typically includes risk factors such as age, sex, family history of …

Progress in polygenic composite scores in Alzheimer's and other complex diseases

D Chasioti, J Yan, K Nho, AJ Saykin - Trends in Genetics, 2019 - cell.com
Advances in high-throughput genotyping and next-generation sequencing (NGS) coupled
with larger sample sizes brings the realization of precision medicine closer than ever …

The virtual doctor: an interactive clinical-decision-support system based on deep learning for non-invasive prediction of diabetes

S Spänig, A Emberger-Klein, JP Sowa… - Artificial intelligence in …, 2019 - Elsevier
Artificial intelligence (AI) will pave the way to a new era in medicine. However, currently
available AI systems do not interact with a patient, eg, for anamnesis, and thus are only used …

Healthy eating index versus alternate healthy index in relation to diabetes status and health markers in US adults: NHANES 2007–2010

AA Al-Ibrahim, RT Jackson - Nutrition journal, 2019 - Springer
Background It remains to be determined whether the Alternate Healthy Eating Index 2010
(AHEI-2010) or the Healthy Eating Index 2010 (HEI-2010) is preferably recommended as …

Type 2 diabetes-associated genetic polymorphisms as potential disease predictors

BZ Witka, DJ Oktaviani, M Marcellino… - … syndrome and obesity …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Diabetes is a major cause of mortality worldwide. There are several types of diabetes, with
type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) being the most common. Many factors, including …

Polygenic prediction of breast cancer: comparison of genetic predictors and implications for risk stratification

K Läll, M Lepamets, M Palover, T Esko, A Metspalu… - BMC cancer, 2019 - Springer
Background Published genetic risk scores for breast cancer (BC) so far have been based on
a relatively small number of markers and are not necessarily using the full potential of large …

Polygenic approaches to detect gene–environment interactions when external information is unavailable

WY Lin, CC Huang, YL Liu, SJ Tsai… - Briefings in …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
The exploration of 'gene–environment interactions'(G× E) is important for disease prediction
and prevention. The scientific community usually uses external information to construct a …

[PDF][PDF] The science behind 23andMe's Type 2 Diabetes report

ML Multhaup, R Kita, B Krock… - Sunnyvale (CA) …, 2019 - permalinks.23andme.com
In 2017, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) estimated that over 20% of type 2 diabetes
(T2D) cases are undiagnosed, representing more than 7 million US residents (CDC National …

Replication and Meta‐analysis of Genome‐Wide Association Studies

F Dudbridge, P Newcombe - Handbook of Statistical Genomics …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Replication and meta‐analysis are routinely conducted when following up genome‐wide
association studies. Replication is a mandatory step in confirming the validity of …

Polygenic risk scores predict diabetic complications and their response to therapy

J Tremblay, M Haloui, F Harvey, R Tahir… - MedRxiv, 2019 - medrxiv.org
Type 2 diabetes increases the risk of cardiovascular and renal complications, but early risk
prediction can lead to timely intervention and better outcomes. Through summary statistics of …