PRS Optimization: Complete Polygenic Risk Score Pipeline Infrastructure

[Zacharyr41]

Overview

This PR introduces a comprehensive infrastructure for Polygenic Risk Score (PRS) calculation workflows, adding ~19,000 lines of production-ready code across 87 files. The implementation follows clinical-grade standards with full test coverage (1843 tests passing).

Key Features

1. GWAS Summary Statistics Import (GWAS-SSF Standard)

• Full compliance with GWAS-SSF specification
• Automatic strand-ambiguous variant detection (A/T, C/G)
• Effect allele frequency validation and harmonization
• Binary trait support with odds ratio handling
• Batch import with progress tracking

2. Genotype Data Storage with Dosage Support

• Efficient storage of imputed dosages (0.0-2.0 scale)
• Genotype probability triplets (GP field)
• Phased haplotype support
• Chromosome-partitioned tables for query performance

3. Reference Panel Integration

• HapMap3 variants: Gold-standard ~1.3M SNPs for PRS
• LD block annotations: Population-specific (EUR, AFR, EAS, SAS, AMR)
• Automatic genome build detection (GRCh37/GRCh38)

4. PGS Catalog Integration

• Direct import from PGS Catalog harmonized files
• Effect weight normalization (beta ↔ OR conversion)
• Multi-ancestry score support

5. Quality Control Pipeline

• Variant QC: Call rate, HWE, MAF filtering
• Sample QC: Heterozygosity, missingness, sex check
• Ancestry-aware thresholds
• SQL-native QC functions for in-database filtering

6. Materialized Views for PRS Queries

• prs_candidate_variants: Pre-joined variants × GWAS × weights
• sample_prs_components: Per-sample score building blocks
• Automatic refresh with dependency tracking

7. Export Functions

• PRSice-2 format (.valid, .snp files)
• PLINK score format
• LDpred2 input preparation
• Direct PRS calculation export

8. SQL Validation Functions

• Allele complementation (is_complement)
• Strand ambiguity detection (is_strand_ambiguous)
• Effect allele harmonization (harmonize_effect_allele)
• Chromosome normalization (normalize_chromosome)

Schema Changes

Table	Purpose
gwas_summary_stats	GWAS effect sizes, p-values, frequencies
studies	GWAS study metadata (trait, ancestry, N)
genotype_dosages	Imputed dosage values per sample×variant
prs_weights	Effect weights from PGS Catalog
prs_scores	Score metadata and versions
hapmap3_variants	Reference panel variants
ld_blocks	LD block boundaries by population
sample_qc_metrics	Per-sample QC statistics
variant_qc_metrics	Per-variant QC statistics
population_frequencies	Multi-ancestry allele frequencies

CLI Commands Added

# Import GWAS summary statistics
vcf-pg-loader gwas import --study GCST90002357 --trait Height summary_stats.tsv

# Import PGS Catalog scores
vcf-pg-loader prs import-pgs PGS000001_hmPOS_GRCh38.txt

# Load genotype dosages
vcf-pg-loader genotypes load --format dosage imputed.vcf.gz

# Run sample QC
vcf-pg-loader qc sample --het-threshold 0.2 --call-rate 0.98

# Export for PRSice-2
vcf-pg-loader export prsice --score PGS000001 --output ./prsice_input

Performance

• Chromosome partitioning enables parallel scans across 25 partitions
• Materialized views reduce PRS query time from minutes to seconds
• Batch loading with COPY protocol for high-throughput imports
• Indexed lookups on (chrom, pos, ref, alt) for variant matching

Testing

• 1843 tests passing (1841 passed, 2 skipped)
• Integration tests use testcontainers for PostgreSQL
• Comprehensive edge case coverage (strand flips, missing data, multi-allelic)
• Performance benchmarks for realistic data volumes

Documentation

• PRS Workflows Guide: End-to-end tutorial
• Schema Reference: Complete table documentation
• CLI Reference: Command documentation
• Architecture: System design overview

Breaking Changes

None. All changes are additive.

Test Plan

• All 1843 tests pass locally
• Pre-commit hooks (ruff, ruff-format) pass
• CI pipeline passes
• Manual verification of GWAS import with real GWAS-SSF file
• Manual verification of PGS Catalog import

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[Zacharyr41]

Reviewed these. Last round I will upload shortly. Made some commits as I went through but now it looks good.