The genetic interpretation of area under the ROC curve in genomic profiling
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Genome-wide association studies in human populations have facilitated the creation of genomic profiles which combine the effects of many associated genetic variants to predict risk of disease. The area under the receiver operator characteristic (ROC) curve is a well established measure for determining the efficacy of tests in correctly classifying diseased and non-diseased individuals. We use quantitative genetics theory to provide insight into the genetic interpretation of the area under the ROC curve (AUC) when the test classifier is a predictor of genetic risk. Even when the proportion of genetic variance explained by the test is 100%, there is a maximum value for AUC that depends on the genetic epidemiology of the disease, i.e. either the sibling recurrence risk or heritability and disease prevalence. We derive an equation relating maximum AUC to heritability and disease prevalence. The expression can be reversed to calculate the proportion of genetic variance explained given AUC, disease prevalence, and heritability. We use published estimates of disease prevalence and sibling recurrence risk for 17 complex genetic diseases to calculate the proportion of genetic variance that a test must explain to achieve AUC = 0.75; this varied from 0.10 to 0.74. We provide a genetic interpretation of AUC for use with predictors of genetic risk based on genomic profiles. We provide a strategy to estimate proportion of genetic variance explained on the liability scale from estimates of AUC, disease prevalence, and heritability (or sibling recurrence risk) available as an online calculator.
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Using LDSC on a meta-analysis of all 11 clinically-ascertained datasets, the liability-scale heritability of PD was estimated as 0.22 (95% CI 0.18-0.26).
“Using LDSC on a meta-analysis of all 11 clinically-ascertained datasets from our GWAS and estimated the liability-scale heritability of PD as 0.22 (95% CI 0.18 – 0.26), only slightly lower than a previous estimate derived using GCTA (0.27, 95% CI 0.17 – 0.38) (2,16,30).”
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The 88-variant PRS explained a minimum 16% of the genetic liability of PD assuming a global prevalence of 0.5%.
“Using equations from Wray et al. 2010 and our current heritability estimates, the 88 variant PRS explained a minimum 16% of the genetic liability of PD assuming a global prevalence of 0.5% (2,31).”
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The maximum potential AUC for a genetic predictor in PD was estimated at 85% using equations from Wray et al. 2010.
“maximum potential AUC estimated at 85% using the equations from Wray et al. 2010”
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- Authors
- Wray, N. R., Yang, J., Goddard, M. E., & Visscher, P. M.
- Affiliations
- QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute (AU)
- The University of Melbourne (AU)
- Corresponding author
- Wray, Naomi R.
- Venue
- PLoS Genetics
- Publisher
- Public Library of Science (PLoS)
- Published
- 2010-02-26
- Volume
- 6
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- e1000864
- ISSN
- 1553-7390 (ISSN-L)
- 1553-7404
- PMC
- PMC2829056
- OpenAlex
- W1990700240
- Cited by
- 334
- References
- 52
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 15.45
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- doi.org
- Locations
- PLoS Genetics (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
- Figshare (submittedVersion, cc-by)
- Minerva Access (University of Melbourne) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
- Funders
- Medical Research Council
- Australian Research Council (DP0770096)
- National Health and Medical Research Council (496688, 442915, DP0770096, 389892)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals
- Keywords
- area under the ROC curve, genomic profiling, genetic risk prediction, heritability, disease prevalence, sibling recurrence risk, liability scale, complex genetic disorders, genome-wide association study, genetic epidemiology
- MeSH terms
- Aged, 80 and over, Disease, Humans, Macular Degeneration, ROC Curve, Genome, Human, Prevalence, Area Under Curve, Gene Expression Profiling, Inheritance Patterns
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