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Leveraging data from 2,923 proteins measured in 53,030 UK Biobank participants, we developed proteomic risk scores for 27 common outcomes over 5- and 15-year follow-up periods using two approaches: a linear ElasticNet regression model and a deep learning neural network (NN) model. Using Cox regression, we assessed the discrimination of proteomic risk scores either in isolation or as incremental improvements over clinical risk factors. We also studied the shared and unique protein predictors across conditions. Proteomic risk scores demonstrated strong discrimination for most outcomes, with a C-index\u2009&gt;\u20090.80 for 12 diseases. NN models outperformed linear models for 11 outcomes, particularly for diseases such as Parkinson\u2019s disease (C-index 0.84) and pulmonary embolism (C-index 0.83), where nonlinear relationships contributed significantly to prediction. 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