Polygenic Prediction of Type 2 Diabetes in Africa.
Tinashe ChikoworeKenneth EkoruMarijana VujkoviDipender GillFraser PirieElizabeth YoungManjinder S SandhuMark McCarthyCharles RotimiAdebowale AdeyemoAyesha A MotalaSegun FatumoPublished in: Diabetes care (2022)
African American-derived PRS enhances polygenic prediction of T2D in continental Africans. Improved representation of non-European populations (including Africans) in GWAS promises to provide better tools for precision medicine interventions in T2D.