Genetic risk score enhances the risk prediction of severe obesity in adult survivors of childhood cancer.

ABSTRACT: Adult survivors of childhood cancer have high rates of obesity, which, in combination with the cardiotoxic effects of specific cancer therapies, places them at high risk for cardiovascular morbidity. Here we show the contribution of genetic risk scores (GRSs) to increase prediction of those survivors of childhood cancer who are at risk for severe obesity (body mass index ≥40 kg m^-2) as an adult. Among 2,548 individuals of European ancestry from the St. Jude Lifetime Cohort Study who were 5-year survivors of childhood cancer, the GRS was found to be associated with 53-fold-higher odds of severe obesity. Addition of GRSs to risk prediction models based on cancer treatment exposures and lifestyle factors significantly improved model prediction (area under the curve incre

SUBMITTER: Sapkota Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9391312 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature