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Fig. 5

From: Design and user experience testing of a polygenic score report: a qualitative study of prospective users

Fig. 5

User experience testing results: Theme two. Word-based descriptions of risk and polygenic scores presented as a percentile were most often recognized and understood by participants. a ‘Risk category’ is an interpretation of the numeric polygenic risk estimate. b ‘Percentile’ is a polygenic risk estimate—on a scale from 0 to 100—describing a participant’s location in a normal distribution. c ‘Odds ratio’ is an estimate of risk that conveys magnitude of risk compared to ‘average risk’ of 1.0

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