Title
A Polygenic Risk Score for Breast Cancer in US Latinas and Latin American Women
Date Issued
01 June 2020
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Shieh Y.
Fejerman L.
Lott P.C.
Marker K.
Sawyer S.D.
Hu D.
Huntsman S.
Torres J.
Echeverry M.
Bohórquez M.E.
Martínez-Chéquer J.C.
Polanco-Echeverry G.
Estrada-Flórez A.P.
Haiman C.A.
John E.M.
Kushi L.H.
Torres-Mejía G.
Weitzel J.N.
Zambrano S.C.
Carvajal-Carmona L.G.
Ziv E.
Neuhausen S.L.
Publisher(s)
Oxford University Press
Abstract
More than 180 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) associated with breast cancer susceptibility have been identified; these SNPs can be combined into polygenic risk scores (PRS) to predict breast cancer risk. Because most SNPs were identified in predominantly European populations, little is known about the performance of PRS in non-Europeans. We tested the performance of a 180-SNP PRS in Latinas, a large ethnic group with variable levels of Indigenous American, European, and African ancestry. Methods: We conducted a pooled case-control analysis of US Latinas and Latin American women (4658 cases and 7622 controls). We constructed a 180-SNP PRS consisting of SNPs associated with breast cancer risk (P < 5 × 10-8). We evaluated the association between the PRS and breast cancer risk using multivariable logistic regression, and assessed discrimination using an area under the receiver operating characteristic curve. We also assessed PRS performance across quartiles of Indigenous American genetic ancestry. All statistical tests were two-sided. Results: Of 180 SNPs tested, 142 showed directionally consistent associations compared with European populations, and 39 were nominally statistically significant (P <. 05). The PRS was associated with breast cancer risk, with an odds ratio per SD increment of 1.58 (95% confidence interval [CI = 1.52 to 1.64) and an area under the receiver operating characteristic curve of 0.63 (95% CI = 0.62 to 0.64). The discrimination of the PRS was similar between the top and bottom quartiles of Indigenous American ancestry. Conclusions: The 180-SNP PRS predicts breast cancer risk in Latinas, with similar performance as reported for Europeans. The performance of the PRS did not vary substantially according to Indigenous American ancestry.
Start page
590
End page
598
Volume
112
Issue
6
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Oncología
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85079598451
PubMed ID
Source
Journal of the National Cancer Institute
ISSN of the container
00278874
Sponsor(s)
The COLUMBUS Consortium was supported by grants from School of Medicine (Dean’s Fellowship in Precision Health Equity to LGC-C) and support from the Office of the Provost for LGC-C’s Latinos United for Cancer Health Advancement (LUCHA) Initiative); The V Foundation for Cancer Research (V Foundation Scholarship to LGC-C); GSK Oncology (Ethnic Research Initiative to LGC-C and ME); The US National Institutes of Health (Cancer Center Support Grant P30CA093372 from the National Cancer Institute). LGC-C, MEB, and ME are also grateful for support from Colciencias (Graduate Studentship to Jennyfer Benavides, member of COLUMBUS, from Convocatoria para la Formación de Capital Humano de Alto Nivel para el Departamento de Tolima— COLCIENCIAS — 755/2016), Universidad del Tolima, Colombia (Grants to MEB and ME, project 10112), and Sistema Nacional de Regalías, Gobernación del Tolima (grants to MEB and ME, project 520115). JT was supported by Coordinación Nacional de Investigación en Salud, IMSS, México, grant FIS/IMSS/PROT/PRIO/13/027, and by the Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (Fronteras de la Ciencia grant 773), México. The CAMA Study was funded by Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología, México (SALUD-2002-C01–7462). The Northern California Breast Cancer Family Registry was supported by grant UM1 CA164920 from the National Cancer Institute. The SFBCS was funded by grants R01CA063446 and R01CA077305 from the National Cancer Institute, grant DAMD17-96–1-6071 from the US Department of Defense, and grant 7PB-0068 from the California Breast Cancer Research Program. The PEGEN-BC study was supported by the National Cancer Institute (R01CA204797 [LF]) and the Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Neoplásicas (Lima, Peru). The Kaiser Permanente Research Program on Genes, Environment and Health was supported by Kaiser Permanente national and regional Community Benefit programs, and grants from the Ellison Medical Foundation, the Wayne and Gladys Valley Foundation, and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Genotyping in the GERA cohort was supported by grant RC2AG036607 from the National Institutes of Health. The Multiethnic Cohort Study was supported by the National Institutes of Health grants R01CA63464 and R37CA54281, R01CA132839, and 5UM1CA164973. This work was funded in part by grants from the National Cancer Institute (K24CA169004, R01CA120120 to EZ and R01CA184545 to EZ and SLN). YS was supported by the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences under award KL2TR001870 and the National Cancer Institute under award K08CA237829.
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