Development and Validation of a Polygenic Risk Score for Stroke in the Chinese Population

Xiangfeng Lu¹, Xiaoge Niu², Chong Shen²+25

• ¹From the Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Epidemiology and Department of Epidemiology (Xiangfeng Lu, X.N., Fangchao Liu, Z.L., K.H., L.W., J.L., J.C., S.C., H.L., Xigui Wu, Y.L., J.H., D.G.), State Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease, Fuwai Hospital, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing; Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics (C.S., Z.H., H.S.), Center for Global Health, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University; Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology (D.H.), School of Public Health, Shenzhen University Health Science Center, Guangdong; Cardio-Cerebrovascular Control and Research Center (Y.Z., Fanghong Lu), Institute of Basic Medicine, Shandong First Medical University (Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences), Jinan; Tianjin Key Laboratory of Environment, Nutrition and Public Health (X.Y.), Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, School of Public Health, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin; Division of Epidemiology (Xiaoqing Liu), Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital and Cardiovascular Institute, Guangzhou; Department of Neurology (W.T., Z.R.), Affiliated Yixing People's Hospital of Jiangsu University, People's Hospital of Yixing City, Yixing; Department of Cardiology (L.Y.), Fujian Provincial Hospital, Fuzhou; Center for Chronic and Noncommunicable Disease Control and Prevention (Xianping Wu), Sichuan Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Chengdu; Center for Genetic Epidemiology and Genomics (H.Z.), School of Public Health and Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Preventive and Translational Medicine for Geriatric Diseases, Medical College of Soochow University, Suzhou; Research Unit of Prospective Cohort of Cardiovascular Diseases and Cancer (H.S.), Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences (2019RU038); and Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine (C.J.W.), and Department of Human Genetics (C.J.W.), University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. xiangfenglu@sina.com.+1