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ArticleNature genetics2021

The Polygenic Score Catalog as an open database for reproducibility and systematic evaluation.

Samuel A Lambert, Laurent Gil, Simon Jupp, Scott C Ritchie, Yu Xu, Annalisa Buniello, Aoife McMahon, Gad Abraham, Michael Chapman, Helen Parkinson and 3 more

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Article in Nature genetics, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 461 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

461 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  6. Platelet count polygenic scores may modify the effect of aspirin in primary prevention of dementia.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2026
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  8. Polygenic risk, aspirin, and primary prevention of coronary artery disease.European heart journal. Cardiovascular pharmacotherapy · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors.

Samuel A LambertCambridge Baker Systems Genomics Initiative, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK. sl925@medschl.cam.ac.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8222-008X
Laurent GilBritish Heart Foundation Cardiovascular Epidemiology Unit, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9475-4502
Simon JuppEuropean Molecular Biology Laboratory, European Bioinformatics Institute, Hinxton, UK.
Scott C RitchieCambridge Baker Systems Genomics Initiative, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8454-9548
Yu XuCambridge Baker Systems Genomics Initiative, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7304-5045
Annalisa BunielloEuropean Molecular Biology Laboratory, European Bioinformatics Institute, Hinxton, UK.
Aoife McMahonEuropean Molecular Biology Laboratory, European Bioinformatics Institute, Hinxton, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0978-0309
Gad AbrahamCambridge Baker Systems Genomics Initiative, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
Michael ChapmanBritish Heart Foundation Cardiovascular Epidemiology Unit, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4582-6303
Helen ParkinsonHealth Data Research UK Cambridge, Wellcome Genome Campus and University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
John DaneshBritish Heart Foundation Cardiovascular Epidemiology Unit, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
Jacqueline A L MacArthurEuropean Molecular Biology Laboratory, European Bioinformatics Institute, Hinxton, UK. jalm@ebi.ac.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3550-9769
Michael InouyeCambridge Baker Systems Genomics Initiative, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK. mi336@medschl.cam.ac.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9413-6520

Funding

GWAS CatalogU41HG007823 · NHGRI · EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY · PI PARKINSON, HELEN ELIZABETH · 2014 to 2021
$6.7M
Strengthening community knowledge bases for genetic association studies and polygenic scores, the GWAS and PGS CatalogsU24HG012542 · NHGRI · EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY · PI Michael Inouye, Helen Elizabeth Parkinson · 2022 to 2026
$5.2M
British Heart Foundation RG/13/13/30194British Heart Foundation RG/18/13/33946Chief Scientist OfficeDepartment of HealthMedical Research Council MR/L003120/1NHGRI NIH HHS U24 HG012542NHGRI NIH HHS U41 HG007823Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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Databases, GeneticMultifactorial InheritanceSoftwareBenchmarkingColorectal NeoplasmsComputational BiologyFemaleGenetic Predisposition to DiseaseGenome, HumanGenome-Wide Association StudyHumansMaleMetadataReproducibility of Results

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