Polygenic Score (PGS) ID: PGS004622

Predicted Trait
Reported Trait HDL cholesterol
Mapped Trait(s) high density lipoprotein cholesterol measurement (EFO_0004612)
Additional Trait Information Phenotype defined in GLGC. Please refer the paper for more details.
Released in PGS Catalog: April 18, 2024
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Score Details

Score Construction
PGS Name HDL_AFR_lassosum2
Development Method
Name lassosum2
Parameters Default parameter setting in bigsnpr version 1.12 -- length of tuning parameter path for the the lasso penalty = 30; and regularization parameter for LD matrix is chosen from c(0.001, 0.01, 0.1, 1).
Variants
Original Genome Build GRCh37
Number of Variants 15,978
Effect Weight Type beta
PGS Source
PGS Catalog Publication (PGP) ID PGP000595
Citation (link to publication) Zhang J et al. Nat Commun (2024)
Ancestry Distribution
Source of Variant
Associations (GWAS)
African: 100%
90,805 individuals (100%)
Score Development/Training
African: 100%
3,971 individuals (100%)
PGS Evaluation
African: 100%
1 Sample Sets

Development Samples

Source of Variant Associations (GWAS)
Study Identifiers Sample Numbers Sample Ancestry Cohort(s)
Europe PMC: 34887591
90,805 individuals African American or Afro-Caribbean GLGC
Score Development/Training
Study Identifiers Sample Numbers Sample Ancestry Cohort(s) Phenotype Definitions & Methods Age of Study Participants Participant Follow-up Time Additional Ancestry Description Additional Sample/Cohort Information
3,971 individuals,
42.0 % Male samples
African American or Afro-Caribbean
(African American)
UKB Mean = 51.82 years
Sd = 8.06 years

Performance Metrics

Disclaimer: The performance metrics are displayed as reported by the source studies. It is important to note that metrics are not necessarily comparable with each other. For example, metrics depend on the sample characteristics (described by the PGS Catalog Sample Set [PSS] ID), phenotyping, and statistical modelling. Please refer to the source publication for additional guidance on performance.

PGS Performance
Metric ID (PPM)
PGS Sample Set ID
(PSS)
Performance Source Trait PGS Effect Sizes
(per SD change)
Classification Metrics Other Metrics Covariates Included in the Model PGS Performance:
Other Relevant Information
PPM020807 PSS011419|
African Ancestry|
3,983 individuals
PGP000595 |
Zhang J et al. Nat Commun (2024)
Reported Trait: HDL cholesterol adjusted R2: 0.0872

Evaluated Samples

PGS Sample Set ID
(PSS)
Phenotype Definitions and Methods Participant Follow-up Time Sample Numbers Age of Study Participants Sample Ancestry Additional Ancestry Description Cohort(s) Additional Sample/Cohort Information
PSS011419 3,983 individuals,
42.0 % Male samples
Mean = 51.82 years
Sd = 8.06 years
African American or Afro-Caribbean UKB