Integrating polygenic risk scores in the prediction of type 2 diabetes risk and subtypes in British Pakistanis and Bangladeshis: A population-based cohort study.
Integrating polygenic risk scores in the prediction of type 2 diabetes risk and subtypes in British Pakistanis and Bangladeshis: A population-based cohort study.
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10.1371/journal.pmed.1003981
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2022-05
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Type 2 diabetes (T2D) is highly prevalent in British South Asians, yet they are underrepresented in research. Genes & Health (G&H) is a large, population study of British Pakistanis and Bangladeshis (BPB) comprising genomic and routine health data. We assessed the extent to which genetic risk for T2D is shared between BPB and European populations (EUR). We then investigated whether the integration of a polygenic risk score (PRS) for T2D with an existing risk tool (QDiabetes) could improve prediction of incident disease and the characterisation of disease subtypes. In this observational cohort study, we assessed whether common genetic loci associated with T2D in EUR individuals were replicated in 22,490 BPB individuals in G&H. We replicated fewer loci in G&H (n = 76/338, 22%) than would be expected given power if all EUR-ascertained loci were transferable (n = 101, 30%; p = 0.001). Of the 27 transferable loci that were powered to interrogate this, only 9 showed evidence of shared causal variants. We constructed a T2D PRS and combined it with a clinical risk instrument (QDiabetes) in a novel, integrated risk tool (IRT) to assess risk of incident diabetes. To assess model performance, we compared categorical net reclassification index (NRI) versus QDiabetes alone. In 13,648 patients free from T2D followed up for 10 years, NRI was 3.2% for IRT versus QDiabetes (95% confidence interval (CI): 2.0% to 4.4%). IRT performed best in reclassification of individuals aged less than 40 years deemed low risk by QDiabetes alone (NRI 5.6%, 95% CI 3.6% to 7.6%), who tended to be free from comorbidities and slim. After adjustment for QDiabetes score, PRS was independently associated with progression to T2D after gestational diabetes (hazard ratio (HR) per SD of PRS 1.23, 95% CI 1.05 to 1.42, p = 0.028). Using cluster analysis of clinical features at diabetes diagnosis, we replicated previously reported disease subgroups, including Mild Age-Related, Mild Obesity-related, and Insulin-Resistant Diabetes, and showed that PRS distribution differs between subgroups (p = 0.002). Integrating PRS in this cluster analysis revealed a Probable Severe Insulin Deficient Diabetes (pSIDD) subgroup, despite the absence of clinical measures of insulin secretion or resistance. We also observed differences in rates of progression to micro- and macrovascular complications between subgroups after adjustment for confounders. Study limitations include the absence of an external replication cohort and the potential biases arising from missing or incorrect routine health data. Our analysis of the transferability of T2D loci between EUR and BPB indicates the need for larger, multiancestry studies to better characterise the genetic contribution to disease and its varied aetiology. We show that a T2D PRS optimised for this high-risk BPB population has potential clinical application in BPB, improving the identification of T2D risk (especially in the young) on top of an established clinical risk algorithm and aiding identification of subgroups at diagnosis, which may help future efforts to stratify care and treatment of the disease. Sam Hodgson and colleagues investigate whether the common genetic differences associated with type 2 diabetes in people of European ancestry can be transferred to people of British Pakistani and Bangladeshi ancestry, integrating a novel polygenic risk score with an established clinical risk score. The common genetic changes associated with type 2 diabetes (T2D) have been extensively investigated in large studies of people from European ancestry. However, it is not known whether these findings can be transferred to people of South Asian origin, who are disproportionately affected yet underrepresented in genetic studies. Polygenic risk scores (PRSs) have emerged as a useful clinical tool with which to improve the prediction of who is/is not at risk of developing T2D, but they have not yet been assessed alongside existing predictive tools already used in routine clinical care, or to uncover “subtypes” of the condition. We assessed whether the common genetic differences associated with T2D in people of European ancestry could be transferred to people of British Pakistani and Bangladeshi (BPB) ancestry (n = 18,875). We found genetic differences between these ancestry groups that were significant. We built a T2D PRS for BPB (n = 13,648) and integrated it with a clinical risk score (QDiabetes). Our integrated risk tool (IRT) improved the prediction of T2D, especially in individuals aged less than 40 years deemed low risk by QDiabetes alone. The PRS was also associated with the development of T2D after a pregnancy affected by gestational diabetes. Lastly, we used the PRS, in combination with standard clinical measures, to help elucidate subgroups of T2D in our study population (n = 5,904) and differences in the risk of future diabetes complications. Our work highlights the need for greater representation of diverse ancestry groups in genetic studies of T2D. Integration of a PRS with clinical risk factors improved the prediction of T2D in BPB individuals, especially in the young. The T2D PRS can help to identify clinically distinct disease subgroups at diagnosis. Identification of these subgroups may support stratification of T2D care to improve health outcomes and allocate healthcare resources more efficiently in the future.
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