Table 1 Number of individuals with non-missing trait value in UK Biobank by genetic ancestry group

From: Optimal strategies for learning multi-ancestry polygenic scores vary across traits

Ancestry

Trait

Total

Cases

h2

AFR

Height

6178

 

0.4603

AMR

Height

981

  

CSA

Height

8082

 

0.5709

EAS

Height

2689

 

0.4415

EUR

Height

361699

  

MID

Height

1543

  

AFR

Mean corpuscular volume (MCV)

5912

 

0.4465

AMR

Mean corpuscular volume (MCV)

958

 

0.8142

CSA

Mean corpuscular volume (MCV)

7956

 

0.3716

EAS

Mean corpuscular volume (MCV)

2622

 

0.2414

EUR

Mean corpuscular volume (MCV)

351672

 

0.1215

MID

Mean corpuscular volume (MCV)

1513

 

0.7393

AFR

Asthma

6257

741

0.0255

AMR

Asthma

989

106

0.0610

CSA

Asthma

8285

1017

0.0340

EAS

Asthma

2700

236

0.0170

EUR

Asthma

362511

42248

0.0748

MID

Asthma

1567

174

0.0301

AFR

Female genital prolapse (FGP)

3665

93

0.1222

AMR

Female genital prolapse (FGP)

641

27

 

CSA

Female genital prolapse (FGP)

3793

170

 

EAS

Female genital prolapse (FGP)

1786

31

 

EUR

Female genital prolapse (FGP)

194734

11043

0.0675

MID

Female genital prolapse (FGP)

662

33

 

AFR

Body mass index (BMI)

6168

 

0.3838

EUR

Body mass index (BMI)

361306

 

0.1090

AFR

Eosinophill percentage

5893

 

0.0739

EUR

Eosinophill percentage

351038

 

0.0958

AFR

Erythrocyte distribution width

5912

 

0.1331

EUR

Erythrocyte distribution width

351672

 

0.0936

AFR

Lymphocyte count

5893

 

0.1896

EUR

Lymphocyte count

351033

 

0.0962

AFR

Monocyte count

5893

 

0.2451

EUR

Monocyte count

351033

 

0.1105

AFR

Mean platelet volume (MPV)

5912

 

0.3315

EUR

Mean platelet volume (MPV)

351669

 

0.2062

AFR

Platelet crit

5912

 

0.2090

EUR

Platelet crit

351670

 

0.1298

AFR

High light scatter reticulocyte count

5748

 

0.3758

EUR

High light scatter reticulocyte count

345862

 

0.0967

AFR

Atrial fibrillation (AFib)

6257

125

0.0797

EUR

Atrial fibrillation (AFib)

362511

16476

0.0880

AFR

Diverticular disease of the intestine (DDI)

6257

285

0.0247

EUR

Diverticular disease of the intestine (DDI)

362511

30413

0.0615

AFR

Hypothyroidism

6257

124

0.0308

EUR

Hypothyroidism

362511

17496

0.1243

  1. SAIGE ancestry-specific heritability estimates72 were obtained from the Pan-UKBB initiative website29.