Combining polygenic and proteomic risk scores with clinical risk factors to improve performance for diagnosing absence of coronary artery disease in patients with de novo chest pain

Peter Loof Møller, Palle Duun Rohde, Jonathan Nørtoft Dahl, Laust Dupont Rasmussen, Samuel Emil Schmidt, Louise Nissen, Victoria McGilligan, Jacob F. Bentzon, Daniel F. Gudbjartsson, Kari Stefansson, Hilma Holm, Simon Winther, Morten Bøttcher, Mette Nyegaard

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Abstract

Background
Patients with de novo chest pain, referred for evaluation of possible coronary artery disease (CAD), frequently have an absence of CAD resulting in millions of tests not having any clinical impact. The objective of this study was to investigate whether polygenic risk scores and targeted proteomics improve the prediction of absence of CAD in patients with suspected CAD, when added to the PROMISE (Prospective Multicenter Imaging Study for Evaluation of Chest Pain) minimal risk score (PMRS).

Methods
Genotyping and targeted plasma proteomics (N=368 proteins) were performed in 1440 patients with symptoms suspected to be caused by CAD undergoing coronary computed tomography angiography. Based on individual genotypes, a polygenic risk score for CAD (PRSCAD) was calculated. The prediction was performed using combinations of PRSCAD, proteins, and PMRS as features in models using stability selection and machine learning.

Results
Prediction of absence of CAD yielded an area under the curve of PRSCAD-model, 0.64±0.03; proteomic-model, 0.58±0.03; and PMRS model, 0.76±0.02. No significant correlation was found between the genetic and proteomic risk scores (Pearson correlation coefficient, −0.04; P=0.13). Optimal predictive ability was achieved by the full model (PRSCAD+protein+PMRS) yielding an area under the curve of 0.80±0.02 for absence of CAD, significantly better than the PMRS model alone (P<0.001). For reclassification purpose, the full model enabled down-classification of 49% (324 of 661) of the 5% to 15% pretest probability patients and 18% (113 of 611) of >15% pretest probability patients.

Conclusions
For patients with chest pain and low-intermediate CAD risk, incorporating targeted proteomics and polygenic risk scores into the risk assessment substantially improved the ability to predict the absence of CAD. Genetics and proteomics seem to add complementary information to the clinical risk factors and improve risk stratification in this large patient group.

REGISTRATION
URL: https://www.clinicaltrials.gov; Unique identifier: NCT02264717
OriginalsprogEngelsk
TidsskriftCIRCULATION-GENOMIC AND PRECISION MEDICINE
Vol/bind16
Udgave nummer5
Sider (fra-til)442-451
Antal sider10
ISSN2574-8300
DOI
StatusUdgivet - okt. 2023

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