Abstract

Introduction

Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have successfully revealed genetic risk variants for schizophrenia (SCZ). However, the vast majority of GWAS largely comprise European samples. As a result, the derived polygenic risk scores (PRS) show decreased predictive power when applied to non-European populations.

Objectives

A long-term scientific cooperation between the Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin and the Hanoi Medical University aims to address this limitation by recruiting a large genetic cohort of comprehensively phenotyped schizophrenia patients and controls in Vietnam.

Methods

A pilot study was conducted at the Department of Psychiatry of the Medical University Hanoi in 2017. Data collection encompassed i) genome-wide SNP genotyping of 200 schizophrenia patients and 200 control subjects ii) structured interviews to assess symptom severity (PANSS), iii) clinical parameters (e.g. duration of illness, medication) and demography.

Results

SCZ-PRS of the pilot sample (N=400) were generated using different training data sets: i) European, ii) East-Asian and iii) mixed GWAS summary statistics from the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium’s latest discovery sample. Most variance explained was observed using a mixed discovery sample (R2liability=0.053, p=3.11*10-8, Pd <0.5), followed by PRS based on the East-Asian summary statistics (R2liability=0.0503, p=6.78*10-8, Pd <1) and the European sample (R2liability=0.0363, p = 4.26*10-6, Pd <0.01).

Conclusions

With this pilot project we established an efficient recruitment, genotyping and data analysis pipeline. Our results corroborate previous findings indicating that transferability of PRS across populations depends on the ancestral composition of the initial discovery dataset. We therefore aim to expand data collection efforts in the future in order to improve risk prediction across diverse populations.

Disclosure

No significant relationships.

Details

Title
Introducing a psychiatric genetic cohort of schizophrenia patients and controls from Vietnam
Author
Braun, A 1 ; Nguyen, T V 2 ; Ripke, S 3 ; Nguyen, P V 2 ; Kraft, J 1 ; Nguyen, H T 2 ; Le, T C 2 ; Panagiotaropoulou, G 1 ; Hahne, I M 4 ; Böge, K 4 ; Hahn, E 4 ; Ta, TMT 5 

 Department Of Psychiatry, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Campus Mitte, Berlin, Germany 
 Department Of Psychiatry, Hanoi Medical University, Hanoi, VietNam 
 Department Of Psychiatry, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Campus Mitte, Berlin, Germany; Stanley Center For Psychiatric Research, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, United States of America 
 Department Of Psychiatry, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Campus Benjamin Franklin, Berlin, Germany 
 Department Of Psychiatry, Hanoi Medical University, Hanoi, VietNam; Department Of Psychiatry, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Campus Benjamin Franklin, Berlin, Germany 
Pages
S802-S803
Publication year
2021
Publication date
Apr 2021
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
ISSN
09249338
e-ISSN
17783585
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2560875968
Copyright
© The Author(s), 2021. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of the European Psychiatric Association. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.