Table 4

External validation of the subtype-specific GRSs in CLARITY and CHOP. Based on logistic regression on the test sets, optionally adjusted for sex and top 10 genetic principal components. Effect sizes are per SD of the GRS

AUC (95% CI)OR (95% CI)
CHOPCLARITYCHOPCLARITY
Enthesitis-related
 GRS0.70 (0.63 to 0.77)0.84 (0.71 to 0.97)1.84 (1.60 to 2.17)2.99 (2.11 to 4.54)
 GRS+sex+PCs0.75 (0.68 to 0.82)0.93 (0.86 0.99)1.86 (1.61 to 2.14)3.09 (2.07 to 5.04)
Oligoarthritis
 GRS0.77 (0.73 to 0.80)0.74 (0.70 to 0.79)1.93 (1.76 to 2.11)2.24 (1.88 to 2.71)
 GRS+sex+PCs0.80 (0.77 to 0.84)0.79 (0.76 to 0.83)1.93 (1.75 to 2.13)2.19 (1.81 to 2.71)
RF-negative
 GRS0.64 (0.59 to 0.69)0.66 (0.59 to 0.73)1.48 (1.33 to 1.64)1.69 (1.42 to 2.02)
 GRS+sex+PCs0.76 (0.72 to 0.80)0.74 (0.68 to 0.80)1.51 (1.35 to 1.68)1.71 (1.42 to 2.07)
RF-positive
 GRS0.57 (0.47 to 0.67)0.59 (0.40 to 0.78)0.73 (0.44 to 1.11)1.42 (0.85 to 2.17)
 GRS+sex+PCs0.79 (0.73 to 0.86)0.97 (0.94 to 0.99)0.74 (0.44 to 1.13)1.27 (0.60 to 2.52)
Psoriatic
 GRS0.56 (0.47 to 0.65)0.58 (0.44 to 0.73)0.77 (0.52 to 1.08)1.33 (0.87 to 1.91)
 GRS+sex+PCs0.70 (0.62 to 0.78)0.76 (0.66 to 0.85)0.77 (0.52 to 1.08)1.32 (0.85 to 1.96)
Undifferentiated
 GRS0.48 (0.35 to 0.61)0.52 (0.42 to 0.62)0.89 (0.60 to 1.31)0.89 (0.59 to 1.31)
 GRS+sex+PCs0.69 (0.58 to 0.80)0.75 (0.66 to 0.83)0.90 (0.60 to 1.33)0.82 (0.51 to 1.28)
Systemic
 GRS0.50 (0.43 to 0.58)0.52 (0.41 to 0.62)1.01 (0.78 to 1.30)1.07 (0.73 to 1.56)
 GRS+sex+PCs0.69 (0.62 to 0.76)0.75 (0.66 to 0.84)1.01 (0.78 to 1.30)1.13 (0.73 to 1.72)
  • AUC, area under the receiver operating characteristic curve; CHOP, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia; CLARITY, ChiLdhood Arthritis Risk factor Identification sTudY; GRS, genomic risk score; PCs, principal components.