| Publication Information (EuropePMC) | |
| Title | Using Polygenic Risk Scores to Evaluate Definitions of Self-Reported Sleep Phenotypes Across Cohorts. |
| PubMed ID | 42479672(Europe PMC) |
| doi | 10.1093/sleep/zsag200 |
| Publication Date | July 21, 2026 |
| Journal | Sleep |
| Author(s) | Wyss AB, Brown M, Li X, Spitzer BW, Huang Z, Wang H, Saxena R, Gallo L, Qi Q, Tarraf W, Kaplan R, Lamar M, González HM, DeCarli C, Fornage M, Rotter JI, Rich SS, Taylor KD, Guo X, Wood AC, Liu PY, Heckbert SR, Sarnowski C, Bressler J, Morrison AC, Yu B, Lutsey PL, Isasi CR, Redline S, Sofer T. |
| Polygenic Score ID & Name | PGS Publication ID (PGP) | Reported Trait | Mapped Trait(s) (Ontology) | Number of Variants |
Ancestry distribution GWAS Dev Eval |
Scoring File (FTP Link) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PGS019930 (Insomnia MVP AFR) |
PGP000836 | Wyss AB et al. Sleep (2026) |
Insomnia | insomnia | 1,211,512 | - - |
https://ftp.ebi.ac.uk/pub/databases/spot/pgs/scores/PGS019930/ScoringFiles/PGS019930.txt.gz |
| PGS019924 (Short Sleep UKB) |
PGP000836 | Wyss AB et al. Sleep (2026) |
Short Sleep | short sleep | 1,116,211 | - |
https://ftp.ebi.ac.uk/pub/databases/spot/pgs/scores/PGS019924/ScoringFiles/PGS019924.txt.gz |
| PGS019937 (Excessive Daytime Sleepiness MVP AMR) |
PGP000836 | Wyss AB et al. Sleep (2026) |
Excessive Daytime Sleepiness | excessive daytime sleepiness measurement | 1,170,607 | - - |
https://ftp.ebi.ac.uk/pub/databases/spot/pgs/scores/PGS019937/ScoringFiles/PGS019937.txt.gz |
| PGS019939 (Excessive Daytime Sleepiness UKB+MVP EUR (meta-analyzed)) |
PGP000836 | Wyss AB et al. Sleep (2026) |
Excessive Daytime Sleepiness | excessive daytime sleepiness measurement | 1,116,797 | - |
https://ftp.ebi.ac.uk/pub/databases/spot/pgs/scores/PGS019939/ScoringFiles/PGS019939.txt.gz |
| PGS019934 (Excessive Daytime Sleepiness UKB) |
PGP000836 | Wyss AB et al. Sleep (2026) |
Excessive Daytime Sleepiness | excessive daytime sleepiness measurement | 1,116,191 | - |
https://ftp.ebi.ac.uk/pub/databases/spot/pgs/scores/PGS019934/ScoringFiles/PGS019934.txt.gz |
| PGS019938 (Excessive Daytime Sleepiness MVP EAS) |
PGP000836 | Wyss AB et al. Sleep (2026) |
Excessive Daytime Sleepiness | excessive daytime sleepiness measurement | 1,022,672 | - - |
https://ftp.ebi.ac.uk/pub/databases/spot/pgs/scores/PGS019938/ScoringFiles/PGS019938.txt.gz |
| PGS019921 (Long Sleep MVP EUR) |
PGP000836 | Wyss AB et al. Sleep (2026) |
Long Sleep | sleep duration trait | 769,142 | - |
https://ftp.ebi.ac.uk/pub/databases/spot/pgs/scores/PGS019921/ScoringFiles/PGS019921.txt.gz |
| PGS019927 (Short Sleep UKB+MVP EUR (meta-analyzed)) |
PGP000836 | Wyss AB et al. Sleep (2026) |
Short Sleep | short sleep | 1,116,612 | - |
https://ftp.ebi.ac.uk/pub/databases/spot/pgs/scores/PGS019927/ScoringFiles/PGS019927.txt.gz |
| PGS019929 (Insomnia MVP EUR) |
PGP000836 | Wyss AB et al. Sleep (2026) |
Insomnia | insomnia | 1,085,967 | - |
https://ftp.ebi.ac.uk/pub/databases/spot/pgs/scores/PGS019929/ScoringFiles/PGS019929.txt.gz |
| PGS019936 (Excessive Daytime Sleepiness MVP AFR) |
PGP000836 | Wyss AB et al. Sleep (2026) |
Excessive Daytime Sleepiness | excessive daytime sleepiness measurement | 1,218,411 | - - |
https://ftp.ebi.ac.uk/pub/databases/spot/pgs/scores/PGS019936/ScoringFiles/PGS019936.txt.gz |
| PGS019922 (Long Sleep MVP AFR) |
PGP000836 | Wyss AB et al. Sleep (2026) |
Long Sleep | sleep duration trait | 831,373 | - - |
https://ftp.ebi.ac.uk/pub/databases/spot/pgs/scores/PGS019922/ScoringFiles/PGS019922.txt.gz |
| PGS019923 (Long Sleep UKB+MVP EUR (meta-analyzed)) |
PGP000836 | Wyss AB et al. Sleep (2026) |
Long Sleep | sleep duration trait | 1,116,622 | - |
https://ftp.ebi.ac.uk/pub/databases/spot/pgs/scores/PGS019923/ScoringFiles/PGS019923.txt.gz |
| PGS019925 (Short Sleep MVP EUR) |
PGP000836 | Wyss AB et al. Sleep (2026) |
Short Sleep | short sleep | 761,060 | - |
https://ftp.ebi.ac.uk/pub/databases/spot/pgs/scores/PGS019925/ScoringFiles/PGS019925.txt.gz |
| PGS019926 (Short Sleep MVP AFR) |
PGP000836 | Wyss AB et al. Sleep (2026) |
Short Sleep | short sleep | 790,064 | - - |
https://ftp.ebi.ac.uk/pub/databases/spot/pgs/scores/PGS019926/ScoringFiles/PGS019926.txt.gz |
| PGS019928 (Insomnia UKB) |
PGP000836 | Wyss AB et al. Sleep (2026) |
Insomnia | insomnia | 1,069,748 | - |
https://ftp.ebi.ac.uk/pub/databases/spot/pgs/scores/PGS019928/ScoringFiles/PGS019928.txt.gz |
| PGS019931 (Insomnia MVP AMR) |
PGP000836 | Wyss AB et al. Sleep (2026) |
Insomnia | insomnia | 1,166,626 | - - |
https://ftp.ebi.ac.uk/pub/databases/spot/pgs/scores/PGS019931/ScoringFiles/PGS019931.txt.gz |
| PGS019932 (Insomnia MVP EAS) |
PGP000836 | Wyss AB et al. Sleep (2026) |
Insomnia | insomnia | 1,021,391 | - - |
https://ftp.ebi.ac.uk/pub/databases/spot/pgs/scores/PGS019932/ScoringFiles/PGS019932.txt.gz |
| PGS019933 (Insomnia UKB+MVP EUR (meta-analyzed)) |
PGP000836 | Wyss AB et al. Sleep (2026) |
Insomnia | insomnia | 1,116,570 | - |
https://ftp.ebi.ac.uk/pub/databases/spot/pgs/scores/PGS019933/ScoringFiles/PGS019933.txt.gz |
| PGS019935 (Excessive Daytime Sleepiness MVP EUR) |
PGP000836 | Wyss AB et al. Sleep (2026) |
Excessive Daytime Sleepiness | excessive daytime sleepiness measurement | 1,089,038 | - |
https://ftp.ebi.ac.uk/pub/databases/spot/pgs/scores/PGS019935/ScoringFiles/PGS019935.txt.gz |
| PGS019920 (Long Sleep UKB) |
PGP000836 | Wyss AB et al. Sleep (2026) |
Long Sleep | sleep duration trait | 1,116,211 | - |
https://ftp.ebi.ac.uk/pub/databases/spot/pgs/scores/PGS019920/ScoringFiles/PGS019920.txt.gz |
|
PGS Performance Metric ID (PPM) |
Evaluated Score |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PPM038103 | PGS019925 (Short Sleep MVP EUR) |
PSS013825| Multi-ancestry (including European)| 16,265 individuals |
PGP000836 | Wyss AB et al. Sleep (2026) |
Reported Trait: Short sleep (<=6 hours) | OR: 1.23 [1.13, 1.34] | — | — | Age, sex, study center, ancestry principal components; race additionally included in BHS. | European-ancestry score constructed from MVP GWAS summary statistics using PRS-CSx and evaluated as a stand-alone score across ARIC, HCHS/SOL, MESA and BHS. Fixed-effect meta-analysis p for heterogeneity = 0.04. HCHS/SOL analyses incorporated sampling weights. |
| PPM038102 | PGS019924 (Short Sleep UKB) |
PSS013825| Multi-ancestry (including European)| 16,265 individuals |
PGP000836 | Wyss AB et al. Sleep (2026) |
Reported Trait: Short sleep (<=6 hours) | OR: 1.23 [1.14, 1.33] | — | Incremental variance explained by the PRS: 0.16 [0.04, 0.33] | Age, sex, study center, ancestry principal components; race additionally included in BHS. | Incremental variance explained was reported as a percentage and estimated in unrelated HCHS/SOL participants. The score was constructed from UKB GWAS summary statistics using PRS-CS and evaluated across ARIC, HCHS/SOL, MESA and BHS. Fixed-effect meta-analysis p for heterogeneity = 0.97. HCHS/SOL analyses incorporated sampling weights. |
| PPM038104 | PGS019927 (Short Sleep UKB+MVP EUR (meta-analyzed)) |
PSS013825| Multi-ancestry (including European)| 16,265 individuals |
PGP000836 | Wyss AB et al. Sleep (2026) |
Reported Trait: Short sleep (<=6 hours) | OR: 1.14 | — | — | Age, sex, study center, ancestry principal components; race additionally included in BHS. | The score was constructed from meta-analysed UKB and MVP European-ancestry GWAS summary statistics using PRS-CS and evaluated across ARIC, HCHS/SOL, MESA and BHS. Fixed-effect meta-analysis p for heterogeneity = 0.47. HCHS/SOL analyses incorporated sampling weights. |
| PPM038105 | PGS019920 (Long Sleep UKB) |
PSS013824| Multi-ancestry (including European)| 16,265 individuals |
PGP000836 | Wyss AB et al. Sleep (2026) |
Reported Trait: Long sleep (>=9 hours) | OR: 1.09 [1.04, 1.16] | — | Incremental variance explained by the PRS: 0.21 [0.07, 0.39] | Age, sex, study center, ancestry principal components; race additionally included in BHS. | Incremental variance explained was reported as a percentage and estimated in unrelated HCHS/SOL participants. The score was constructed from UKB GWAS summary statistics using PRS-CS and evaluated across ARIC, HCHS/SOL, MESA and BHS. Fixed-effect meta-analysis p for heterogeneity = 0.77. HCHS/SOL analyses incorporated sampling weights. |
| PPM038106 | PGS019921 (Long Sleep MVP EUR) |
PSS013824| Multi-ancestry (including European)| 16,265 individuals |
PGP000836 | Wyss AB et al. Sleep (2026) |
Reported Trait: Long sleep (>=9 hours) | OR: 1.08 [1.03, 1.14] | — | — | Age, sex, study center, ancestry principal components; race additionally included in BHS. | European-ancestry score constructed from MVP GWAS summary statistics using PRS-CSx and evaluated as a stand-alone score across ARIC, HCHS/SOL, MESA and BHS. Fixed-effect meta-analysis p for heterogeneity = 0.52. HCHS/SOL analyses incorporated sampling weights. |
| PPM038107 | PGS019923 (Long Sleep UKB+MVP EUR (meta-analyzed)) |
PSS013824| Multi-ancestry (including European)| 16,265 individuals |
PGP000836 | Wyss AB et al. Sleep (2026) |
Reported Trait: Long sleep (>=9 hours) | OR: 1.09 | — | — | Age, sex, study center, ancestry principal components; race additionally included in BHS. | The score was constructed from meta-analysed UKB and MVP European-ancestry GWAS summary statistics using PRS-CS and evaluated across ARIC, HCHS/SOL, MESA and BHS. Fixed-effect meta-analysis p for heterogeneity = 0.94. HCHS/SOL analyses incorporated sampling weights. |
| PPM038108 | PGS019928 (Insomnia UKB) |
PSS013823| Multi-ancestry (including European)| 16,637 individuals |
PGP000836 | Wyss AB et al. Sleep (2026) |
Reported Trait: Insomnia (WHIIRS >=10, or modified 3-question WHIIRS >=6 in ARIC) | OR: 1.17 [1.111, 1.22] | — | Incremental variance explained by the PRS for WHIIRS>=10: 0.27 [0.11, 0.48] | Age, sex, study center, ancestry principal components; race additionally included in BHS. | Incremental variance explained was reported as a percentage and estimated in unrelated HCHS/SOL participants. The score was constructed from UKB GWAS summary statistics using PRS-CS and evaluated across ARIC, HCHS/SOL, MESA and BHS. Fixed-effect meta-analysis p for heterogeneity = 0.69. HCHS/SOL analyses incorporated sampling weights. |
| PPM038109 | PGS019929 (Insomnia MVP EUR) |
PSS013823| Multi-ancestry (including European)| 16,637 individuals |
PGP000836 | Wyss AB et al. Sleep (2026) |
Reported Trait: Insomnia (WHIIRS >=10, or modified 3-question WHIIRS >=6 in ARIC) | OR: 1.19 | — | — | Age, sex, study center, ancestry principal components; race additionally included in BHS. | European-ancestry score constructed from MVP GWAS summary statistics using PRS-CSx and evaluated as a stand-alone score across ARIC, HCHS/SOL, MESA and BHS. Fixed-effect meta-analysis p for heterogeneity = 0.49. HCHS/SOL analyses incorporated sampling weights. |
| PPM038110 | PGS019933 (Insomnia UKB+MVP EUR (meta-analyzed)) |
PSS013823| Multi-ancestry (including European)| 16,637 individuals |
PGP000836 | Wyss AB et al. Sleep (2026) |
Reported Trait: Insomnia (WHIIRS >=10, or modified 3-question WHIIRS >=6 in ARIC) | OR: 1.27 | — | — | Age, sex, study center, ancestry principal components; race additionally included in BHS. | The score was constructed from meta-analysed UKB and MVP European-ancestry GWAS summary statistics using PRS-CS and evaluated across ARIC, HCHS/SOL, MESA and BHS. Significant between-study heterogeneity was observed (p for heterogeneity = 0.006); the manuscript also reports random-effects results. HCHS/SOL analyses incorporated sampling weights. |
| PPM038111 | PGS019934 (Excessive Daytime Sleepiness UKB) |
PSS013822| Multi-ancestry (including European)| 16,767 individuals |
PGP000836 | Wyss AB et al. Sleep (2026) |
Reported Trait: Excessive daytime sleepiness (Epworth Sleepiness Scale >=11) | OR: 1.23 [1.16, 1.3] | — | Incremental variance explained by the PRS: 0.47 [0.25, 0.73] | Age, sex, study center, ancestry principal components; race additionally included in BHS | Incremental variance explained was reported as a percentage and estimated in unrelated HCHS/SOL participants. The score was constructed from UKB GWAS summary statistics using PRS-CS and evaluated across ARIC, HCHS/SOL, MESA and BHS. Fixed-effect meta-analysis p for heterogeneity = 0.83. HCHS/SOL analyses incorporated sampling weights. |
| PPM038112 | PGS019935 (Excessive Daytime Sleepiness MVP EUR) |
PSS013822| Multi-ancestry (including European)| 16,767 individuals |
PGP000836 | Wyss AB et al. Sleep (2026) |
Reported Trait: Excessive daytime sleepiness (Epworth Sleepiness Scale >=11) | OR: 1.15 [1.07, 1.24] | — | — | Age, sex, study center, ancestry principal components; race additionally included in BHS. | European-ancestry score constructed from MVP GWAS summary statistics using PRS-CSx and evaluated as a stand-alone score across ARIC, HCHS/SOL, MESA and BHS. Fixed-effect meta-analysis p for heterogeneity = 0.29. HCHS/SOL analyses incorporated sampling weights. |
| PPM038113 | PGS019939 (Excessive Daytime Sleepiness UKB+MVP EUR (meta-analyzed)) |
PSS013822| Multi-ancestry (including European)| 16,767 individuals |
PGP000836 | Wyss AB et al. Sleep (2026) |
Reported Trait: Excessive daytime sleepiness (Epworth Sleepiness Scale >=11) | OR: 1.12 | — | — | Age, sex, study center, ancestry principal components; race additionally included in BHS. | The score was constructed from meta-analysed UKB and MVP European-ancestry GWAS summary statistics using PRS-CS and evaluated across ARIC, HCHS/SOL, MESA and BHS. Fixed-effect meta-analysis p for heterogeneity = 0.11. HCHS/SOL analyses incorporated sampling weights. |
|
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSS013825 | Short sleep defined as ≤6 hours. | — | [
|
— | African American or Afro-Caribbean, European | — | BHS_b | — |
| PSS013822 | Excessive daytime sleepiness defined as Epworth Sleepiness Scale score ≥11. | — | [
|
— | Hispanic or Latin American (Central American, Cuban, Dominican, Mexican, Puerto Rican, and South America) |
— | HCHS/SOL | — |
| PSS013822 | Excessive daytime sleepiness defined as Epworth Sleepiness Scale score ≥11. | — | [
|
— | European, African American or Afro-Caribbean, Hispanic or Latin American, East Asian (European, Black, Hispanic/Latino, and Chinese American) |
— | MESA | — |
| PSS013822 | Excessive daytime sleepiness defined as Epworth Sleepiness Scale score ≥11. | — | [
|
— | European | — | ARIC | — |
| PSS013822 | Excessive daytime sleepiness defined as Epworth Sleepiness Scale score ≥11. | — | [
|
— | European, African American or Afro-Caribbean (European and Black/African American) |
— | BHS_b | — |
| PSS013823 | WHIIRS 5-question score ≥10. | — | [
|
— | Hispanic or Latin American (Central American, Cuban, Dominican, Mexican, Puerto Rican, and South America) |
— | HCHS/SOL | Visit 1; survey-weighted analysis. |
| PSS013823 | WHIIRS 5-question score ≥10. | — | [
|
— | European, African American or Afro-Caribbean, Hispanic or Latin American, East Asian (European, Black, Hispanic/Latino, and Chinese American) |
— | MESA | Visit 5. |
| PSS013823 | Modified 3-question WHIIRS score ≥6. | — | [
|
— | European | — | ARIC | Visit 4 / Sleep Heart Health Study assessment. |
| PSS013823 | WHIIRS 5-question score ≥10. | — | [
|
— | European, African American or Afro-Caribbean, Hispanic or Latin American, East Asian (European, Black, Hispanic/Latino, and Chinese American) |
— | BHS_b | BiCEPS visit. |
| PSS013824 | Long sleep defined as ≥9 hours. | — | [
|
— | Hispanic or Latin American (Central American, Cuban, Dominican, Mexican, Puerto Rican, and South America) |
— | HCHS/SOL | Visit 1; survey-weighted analysis. |
| PSS013824 | Long sleep defined as ≥9 hours. | — | [
|
— | European, African American or Afro-Caribbean, Hispanic or Latin American, East Asian (European, Black, Hispanic/Latino, and Chinese American) |
— | MESA | Visit 5. |
| PSS013824 | Long sleep defined as ≥9 hours. | — | [
|
— | European | — | ARIC | Visit 4 / Sleep Heart Health Study assessment. |
| PSS013824 | Long sleep defined as ≥9 hours. | — | [
|
— | African American or Afro-Caribbean, European | — | BHS_b | — |
| PSS013825 | Short sleep defined as ≤6 hours. | — | [
|
— | Hispanic or Latin American (Central American, Cuban, Dominican, Mexican, Puerto Rican, and South America) |
— | HCHS/SOL | Visit 1; survey-weighted analysis. |
| PSS013825 | Short sleep defined as ≤6 hours. | — | [
|
— | European, African American or Afro-Caribbean, Hispanic or Latin American, East Asian (European, Black, Hispanic/Latino, and Chinese American) |
— | MESA | Visit 5. |
| PSS013825 | Short sleep defined as ≤6 hours. | — | [
|
— | European | — | ARIC | Visit 4 / Sleep Heart Health Study assessment. |