Abstract
Multi-population cohorts offer unprecedented opportunities for profiling disease risk in large samples, however, heterogeneous risk effects underlying complex traits across populations make integrative prediction challenging. In this study, we propose a novel Bayesian probability framework, the Prism Vote (PV), to construct risk predictions in heterogeneous genetic data. The PV views the trait of an individual as a composite risk from subpopulations, in which stratum-specific predictors can be formed in data of more homogeneous genetic structure. Since each individual is described by a composition of subpopulation memberships, the framework enables individualized risk characterization. Simulations demonstrated that the PV framework applied with alternative prediction methods significantly improved prediction accuracy in mixed and admixed populations. The advantage of PV enlarges as genetic heterogeneity and sample size increase. In two real genome-wide association data consists of multiple populations, we showed that the framework considerably enhanced prediction accuracy of the linear mixed model in five-group cross validations. The proposed method offers a new aspect to analyze individual's disease risk and improve accuracy for predicting complex traits in genotype data.
10 Authors
- Xiaoxuan Xia
- Yexian Zhang
- Rui Sun
- Yingying Wei
- Qi Li
- Marc Ka Chun Chong
- William Ka Kei Wu
- Benny Chung-Ying Zee
- Hua Tang
- Maggie Haitian Wang
1 Application
Application ID | Title |
57883 | Robust predictive modelling integrating omics genome and clinical data with application to neurodegenerative disorders |