Trait: Tinnitus

Trait Information
Identifier HP_0000360
Description Tinnitus is an auditory perception that can be described as the experience of sound, in the ear or in the head, in the absence of external acoustic stimulation.
Trait category
Other trait
Synonyms 2 synonyms
  • Ringing in ears
  • Ringing in the ears
Mapped terms 4 mapped terms
  • SNOMEDCT_US:162349004
  • SNOMEDCT_US:162352007
  • SNOMEDCT_US:60862001
  • UMLS:C0040264

Associated Polygenic Score(s)

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Polygenic Score ID & Name PGS Publication ID (PGP) Reported Trait Mapped Trait(s) (Ontology) Number of Variants Ancestry distribution
GWAS
Dev
Eval
 Scoring File (FTP Link)
PGS001533
(GBE_QT_FC1004803)
 PGP000244 |
Tanigawa Y et al. PLoS Genet (2022)
 Tinnitus severity Tinnitus 343
-
 https://ftp.ebi.ac.uk/pub/databases/spot/pgs/scores/PGS001533/ScoringFiles/PGS001533.txt.gz
PGS019121
(TPMI_389.4_Lassosum2)
 PGP000835 |
Chen HH et al. Nature (2025)
 Tinnitus Tinnitus 137,878
https://ftp.ebi.ac.uk/pub/databases/spot/pgs/scores/PGS019121/ScoringFiles/PGS019121.txt.gz
PGS019122
(TPMI_389.4_LDpred2)
 PGP000835 |
Chen HH et al. Nature (2025)
 Tinnitus Tinnitus 939,879
https://ftp.ebi.ac.uk/pub/databases/spot/pgs/scores/PGS019122/ScoringFiles/PGS019122.txt.gz
PGS019123
(TPMI_389.4_MegaPRS)
 PGP000835 |
Chen HH et al. Nature (2025)
 Tinnitus Tinnitus 18,193
https://ftp.ebi.ac.uk/pub/databases/spot/pgs/scores/PGS019123/ScoringFiles/PGS019123.txt.gz
PGS019124
(TPMI_389.4_PRS-CS)
 PGP000835 |
Chen HH et al. Nature (2025)
 Tinnitus Tinnitus 983,817
https://ftp.ebi.ac.uk/pub/databases/spot/pgs/scores/PGS019124/ScoringFiles/PGS019124.txt.gz
PGS019125
(TPMI_389.4_SBayesR)
 PGP000835 |
Chen HH et al. Nature (2025)
 Tinnitus Tinnitus 954,220
https://ftp.ebi.ac.uk/pub/databases/spot/pgs/scores/PGS019125/ScoringFiles/PGS019125.txt.gz

Performance Metrics

Disclaimer: The performance metrics are displayed as reported by the source studies. It is important to note that metrics are not necessarily comparable with each other. For example, metrics depend on the sample characteristics (described by the PGS Catalog Sample Set [PSS] ID), phenotyping, and statistical modelling. Please refer to the source publication for additional guidance on performance.

PGS Performance
Metric ID (PPM) 		Evaluated Score PGS Sample Set ID
(PSS) 		Performance Source Trait PGS Effect Sizes
(per SD change) 		Classification Metrics Other Metrics Covariates Included in the Model PGS Performance:
Other Relevant Information
PPM007260 PGS001533
(GBE_QT_FC1004803)
 PSS007611|
African Ancestry|
3,651 individuals
 PGP000244 |
Tanigawa Y et al. PLoS Genet (2022)
 Reported Trait: Tinnitus severity — — R²: 0.00963 [0.00491, 0.01435]
Incremental R2 (full-covars): 0.00027
PGS R2 (no covariates): 0.00038 [-0.00057, 0.00132]		 age, sex, UKB array type, Genotype PCs —
PPM007261 PGS001533
(GBE_QT_FC1004803)
 PSS007612|
East Asian Ancestry|
770 individuals
 PGP000244 |
Tanigawa Y et al. PLoS Genet (2022)
 Reported Trait: Tinnitus severity — — R²: 0.04047 [0.02218, 0.05877]
Incremental R2 (full-covars): 0.0031
PGS R2 (no covariates): 0.00478 [-0.00174, 0.01131]		 age, sex, UKB array type, Genotype PCs —
PPM007262 PGS001533
(GBE_QT_FC1004803)
 PSS007613|
European Ancestry|
11,174 individuals
 PGP000244 |
Tanigawa Y et al. PLoS Genet (2022)
 Reported Trait: Tinnitus severity — — R²: 0.01906 [0.0157, 0.02243]
Incremental R2 (full-covars): 0.00143
PGS R2 (no covariates): 0.00167 [0.00066, 0.00268]		 age, sex, UKB array type, Genotype PCs —
PPM007263 PGS001533
(GBE_QT_FC1004803)
 PSS007614|
South Asian Ancestry|
4,731 individuals
 PGP000244 |
Tanigawa Y et al. PLoS Genet (2022)
 Reported Trait: Tinnitus severity — — R²: 0.02195 [0.01553, 0.02837]
Incremental R2 (full-covars): 0.00113
PGS R2 (no covariates): 0.00165 [-0.00014, 0.00345]		 age, sex, UKB array type, Genotype PCs —
PPM007264 PGS001533
(GBE_QT_FC1004803)
 PSS007615|
European Ancestry|
27,484 individuals
 PGP000244 |
Tanigawa Y et al. PLoS Genet (2022)
 Reported Trait: Tinnitus severity — — R²: 0.01575 [0.01388, 0.01761]
Incremental R2 (full-covars): 0.0008
PGS R2 (no covariates): 0.00073 [0.00032, 0.00114]		 age, sex, UKB array type, Genotype PCs —
PPM038379 PGS001533
(GBE_QT_FC1004803)
 PSS013916|
European Ancestry|
425,240 individuals
 PGP000865 |
Bhatt IS et al. J Assoc Res Otolaryngol (2024)
|Ext.		 Reported Trait: Age-related hearing difficulty β: 0.05705 — — — —
PPM037303 PGS019121
(TPMI_389.4_Lassosum2)
 PSS013019|
East Asian Ancestry|
18,734 individuals
 PGP000835 |
Chen HH et al. Nature (2025)
 Reported Trait: Tinnitus — AUROC: 0.60394 R²: 0.02468 sex, age, array, PCs 1-10 —
PPM037304 PGS019122
(TPMI_389.4_LDpred2)
 PSS013018|
East Asian Ancestry|
18,734 individuals
 PGP000835 |
Chen HH et al. Nature (2025)
 Reported Trait: Tinnitus — AUROC: 0.60418 R²: 0.02492 sex, age, array, PCs 1-10 —
PPM037305 PGS019123
(TPMI_389.4_MegaPRS)
 PSS013020|
East Asian Ancestry|
18,734 individuals
 PGP000835 |
Chen HH et al. Nature (2025)
 Reported Trait: Tinnitus — AUROC: 0.59571 R²: 0.02143 sex, age, array, PCs 1-10 —
PPM037306 PGS019124
(TPMI_389.4_PRS-CS)
 PSS013021|
East Asian Ancestry|
18,734 individuals
 PGP000835 |
Chen HH et al. Nature (2025)
 Reported Trait: Tinnitus — AUROC: 0.60786 R²: 0.0262 sex, age, array, PCs 1-10 —
PPM037307 PGS019125
(TPMI_389.4_SBayesR)
 PSS013022|
East Asian Ancestry|
18,734 individuals
 PGP000835 |
Chen HH et al. Nature (2025)
 Reported Trait: Tinnitus — AUROC: 0.60014 R²: 0.02297 sex, age, array, PCs 1-10 —

Evaluated Samples

PGS Sample Set ID
(PSS) 		Phenotype Definitions and Methods Participant Follow-up Time Sample Numbers Age of Study Participants Sample Ancestry Additional Ancestry Description Cohort(s) Additional Sample/Cohort Information
PSS007612 — — 770 individuals — East Asian — UKB —
PSS007613 — — 11,174 individuals — European non-white British ancestry UKB —
PSS007614 — — 4,731 individuals — South Asian — UKB —
PSS007615 — — 27,484 individuals — European white British ancestry UKB Testing cohort (heldout set)
PSS013021 388.3,H93.1, H93.A, H93.A1, H93.A2, H93.A3, H93.A9 —
[
  • 783 cases
  • , 17,951 controls
]
,
46.07 % Male samples
 — East Asian
(Han Chinese)		 — TPMI —
PSS013022 388.3,H93.1, H93.A, H93.A1, H93.A2, H93.A3, H93.A9 —
[
  • 783 cases
  • , 17,951 controls
]
,
46.07 % Male samples
 — East Asian
(Han Chinese)		 — TPMI —
PSS013020 388.3,H93.1, H93.A, H93.A1, H93.A2, H93.A3, H93.A9 —
[
  • 783 cases
  • , 17,951 controls
]
,
46.07 % Male samples
 — East Asian
(Han Chinese)		 — TPMI —
PSS013916 — —
[
  • 111,243 cases
  • , 313,997 controls
]
,
46.21 % Male samples
 — European
(British, Irish)		 — UKB —
PSS013018 388.3,H93.1, H93.A, H93.A1, H93.A2, H93.A3, H93.A9 —
[
  • 783 cases
  • , 17,951 controls
]
,
46.07 % Male samples
 — East Asian
(Han Chinese)		 — TPMI —
PSS013019 388.3,H93.1, H93.A, H93.A1, H93.A2, H93.A3, H93.A9 —
[
  • 783 cases
  • , 17,951 controls
]
,
46.07 % Male samples
 — East Asian
(Han Chinese)		 — TPMI —
PSS007611 — — 3,651 individuals — African unspecified — UKB —