Table 2

The association of each wGRS model with RA

 Sample size
wGRS45 Susceptibility SNPsHLA-DRB1 tag SNP5 Amino acidsSmokingGenderOR95% CIAUCThresholdSensitivity (%)Specificity (%)CasesControls
Discovery dataset
 wGRSfull_G+++2.011.962.050.7375>9.85359111 36615 489
Anti-CCP-positive cases and healthy controls
 wGRS45_G++2.412.302.520.6667>7.793385637015 489
 wGRStag_G+++2.522.422.620.7039>8.493787637015 489
 wGRSfull_G+++2.422.352.490.7875>9.514490637015 489
 wGRSHLA_G++2.402.332.480.7563>1.544088637015 489
 wGRSfull_SG++++2.642.452.850.8013>10.8128951978 (1269 smoke)1224 (851 smoke)
Anti-CCP-negative cases and healthy controls
 wGRSfull_G+++1.431.381.480.6205>9.273282286815 489
Validation
All cases and controls
 wGRS_full_G+++1.981.872.110.7175>8.70309222001856
Anti-CCP-positive cases and healthy controls
 wGRStag_G+++2.502.262.760.6937>7.39328914061856
 wGRSfull_G+++2.502.312.690.7774>8.73369214061856
 wGRSHLA_G++2.612.412.830.7632>3.53369214061856
  • The OR shown are from the logistic regression testing the association of each weighted genetic risk score (wGRS) with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Sensitivity and specificity values were based on the high-risk threshold being set at the 5th quintile and are shown in the threshold column.

  • AUC, area under ROC curve; CCP, cyclic citrullinated peptide; ROC, receiver operator characteristic; SNP, single-nucleotide polymorphism; wGRSfull_G, wGRS including all 45 susceptibility SNPs, five HLA amino acids and gender; wGRStag_G, wGRS including all 45 susceptibility SNPs, HLA tag SNP and gender; wGRSHLA_G, wGRS containing five HLA amino acids and gender; wGRSfull_SG, wGRS containing 45 susceptibility SNPs, five HLA amino acids, smoking and gender.