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ArticlePloS one2022

Reproducible disease phenotyping at scale: Example of coronary artery disease in UK Biobank.

Riyaz S Patel, Spiros Denaxas, Laurence J Howe, Rosalind M Eggo, Anoop D Shah, Naomi E Allen, John Danesh, Aroon Hingorani, Cathie Sudlow, Harry Hemingway

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Article in PloS one, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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10 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Riyaz S PatelInstitute of Cardiovascular Sciences, University College London, London, United Kingdom.
Spiros DenaxasHealth Data Research UK London, University College London, London, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0001-9612-7791
Laurence J HoweInstitute of Cardiovascular Sciences, University College London, London, United Kingdom.
Rosalind M EggoInstitute of Health Informatics, University College London, London, United Kingdom.
Anoop D ShahNIHR University College London Biomedical Research Centre, University College London and University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom.
Naomi E AllenClinical Trial Service Unit and Epidemiological Studies Unit, Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.
John DaneshHealth Data Research UK Cambridge, Hinxton, United Kingdom.
Aroon HingoraniInstitute of Cardiovascular Sciences, University College London, London, United Kingdom.
Cathie SudlowHealth Data Research UK Scotland, Edinburgh, United Kingdom.
Harry HemingwayNIHR University College London Biomedical Research Centre, University College London and University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0003-2279-0624
UCL Biomedical Research Centre · GBUniversity of London · GBLondon School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine · GBUniversity of Cambridge · GBUniversity of Oxford · GB

Funding

British Heart Foundation AA/18/6/24223British Heart Foundation CH/12/2/29428British Heart Foundation FS/14/76/30933British Heart Foundation RG/13/13/30194British Heart Foundation RG/18/13/33946Department of HealthMedical Research Council MC_PC_17228Medical Research Council MC_PC_20059Medical Research Council MC_QA137853Medical Research Council MR/K006584/1Medical Research Council MR/S003975/1Medical Research Council MR/V033867/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

importanceA lack of internationally agreed standards for combining available data sources at scale risks inconsistent disease phenotyping limiting research reproducibility.

objectiveTo develop and then evaluate if a rules-based algorithm can identify coronary artery disease (CAD) sub-phenotypes using electronic health records (EHR) and questionnaire data from UK Biobank (UKB).

designCase-control and cohort study.

settingProspective cohort study of 502K individuals aged 40-69 years recruited between 2006-2010 into the UK Biobank with linked hospitalization and mortality data and genotyping.

participantsWe included all individuals for phenotyping into 6 predefined CAD phenotypes using hospital admission and procedure codes, mortality records and baseline survey data. Of these, 408,470 unrelated individuals of European descent had a polygenic risk score (PRS) for CAD estimated. EXPOSURE: CAD Phenotypes. MAIN OUTCOMES AND MEASURES: Association with baseline risk factors, mortality (n = 14,419 over 7.8 years median f/u), and a PRS for CAD.

resultsThe algorithm classified individuals with CAD into prevalent MI (n = 4,900); incident MI (n = 4,621), prevalent CAD without MI (n = 10,910), incident CAD without MI (n = 8,668), prevalent self-reported MI (n = 2,754); prevalent self-reported CAD without MI (n = 5,623), yielding 37,476 individuals with any type of CAD. Risk factors were similar across the six CAD phenotypes, except for fewer men in the self-reported CAD without MI group (46.7% v 70.1% for the overall group). In age- and sex- adjusted survival analyses, mortality was highest following incident MI (HR 6.66, 95% CI 6.07-7.31) and lowest for prevalent self-reported CAD without MI at baseline (HR 1.31, 95% CI 1.15-1.50) compared to disease-free controls. There were similar graded associations across the six phenotypes per SD increase in PRS, with the strongest association for prevalent MI (OR 1.50, 95% CI 1.46-1.55) and the weakest for prevalent self-reported CAD without MI (OR 1.08, 95% CI 1.05-1.12). The algorithm is available in the open phenotype HDR UK phenotype library (https://portal.caliberresearch.org/).

conclusionsAn algorithmic, EHR-based approach distinguished six phenotypes of CAD with distinct survival and PRS associations, supporting adoption of open approaches to help standardize CAD phenotyping and its wider potential value for reproducible research in other conditions.

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Coronary Artery DiseaseBiological Specimen BanksCohort StudiesGenetic Predisposition to DiseaseHumansPhenotypeProspective StudiesReproducibility of ResultsRisk FactorsUnited Kingdom

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PMID35381005
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