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Table 1 Significant associations of HNSCC PRS with PheWAS in the UK Biobank that were also replicated in the Penn Medicine Biobank

From: Polygenic risk score-based phenome-wide association study of head and neck cancer across two large biobanks

Phenotype description

UK Biobanka

Penn Medicine Biobankb

(replication cohort)

No. of cases (prevalence, %)

OR per SD increase (95% CI)

P-value

OR per SD increase (95% CI)

P-value

HNSCC PRS

 Tobacco use disorder

20,599 (6.7%)

1.06 (1.05–1.08)

3.50 × 10−15

1.04 (1.02–1.07)

1.05 × 10−3

 Alcoholism

9636 (3.1%)

1.06 (1.04–1.09)

6.14 × 10−9

1.11 (1.01–1.22)

2.29 × 10−2

 Alcohol-related disorders

6015 (1.9%)

1.08 (1.05–1.11)

1.09 × 10−8

1.11 (1.02–1.22)

2.22 × 10−2

 Emphysema

2096 (0.7%)

1.11 (1.06–1.16)

5.48 × 10−6

1.10 (1.03–1.16)

2.44 × 10−3

 Chronic airway obstruction

9151 (3.0%)

1.05 (1.03–1.07)

2.64 × 10−5

1.08 (1.04–1.11)

2.16 × 10−5

 Cancer of bronchus; lung

2781 (0.9%)

1.08 (1.04–1.13)

4.68 × 10−5

1.12 (1.05–1.19)

4.44 × 10−4

OPC PRS

 Tobacco use disorder

20,599 (6.7%)

1.06 (1.04–1.07)

2.85 × 10−13

1.04 (1.02–1.07)

1.43 × 10−3

 Cancer of bronchus; lung

2781 (0.9%)

1.09 (1.05–1.13)

1.27 × 10−5

1.07 (1.01–1.14)

2.05 × 10−2

 Chronic airway obstruction

9151 (3.0%)

1.05 (1.02–1.07)

4.32 × 10−5

1.04 (1.01–1.08)

1.20 × 10−2

OC PRS

 Tobacco use disorder

20,599 (6.7%)

1.04 (1.02–1.05)

3.20 × 10−7

1.04 (1.02–1.07)

1.48 × 10−3

  1. Abbreviations: HNSCC, head and neck squamous cell carcinoma; OC, oral cavity cancer; OPC, oropharynx; PRS, polygenic risk score; SD, standard deviation; OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval; PC, principal component
  2. aMultivariable regression analysis was adjusted by age, sex, genotype array, and PC 1 to 10
  3. bMultivariable regression analysis was adjusted by age, sex, ethnicity, and PC 1 to 10