期刊
GENETIC EPIDEMIOLOGY
卷 34, 期 1, 页码 100-105出版社
WILEY-LISS
DOI: 10.1002/gepi.20430
关键词
multiple testing correction; genome-wide significance; genetic association studies
资金
- NIH [5R01HL08770002, 1R01HL08768801, 5R01HL087698, HL088655, HL087700, HL088215, AG023746]
- NIEHS [T32 ES007126]
- NATIONAL HEART, LUNG, AND BLOOD INSTITUTE [R01HL087698, R01HL088215, U01HL088655, R01HL087700] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
- NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES [T32ES007126] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
- NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING [U01AG023746] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
A major challenge in genome-wide association studies (GWASs) is to derive the multiple testing threshold when hypothesis tests are conducted using a large number of single nucleotide polymorphisms. Permutation tests are considered the gold standard in multiple testing adjustment in genetic association studies. However, it is computationally intensive, especially for GWASs, and can be impractical if a large number of random shuffles are used to ensure accuracy. Many researchers have developed approximation algorithms to relieve the computing burden imposed by permutation. One particularly attractive alternative to permutation is to calculate the effective number of independent tests, M(eff), which has been shown to be promising in genetic association studies. In this study, we compare recently developed M(eff) methods and validate them by the permutation test with 10,000 random shuffles using two real GWAS data sets: an Illumina 1M BeadChip and an Affymetrix GeneChip (R) Human Mapping 500K Array Set. Our results show that the simpleM method produces the best approximation of the permutation threshold, and it does so in the shortest amount of time. We also show that M(eff) is indeed valid on a genome-wide scale in these data sets based on statistical theory and significance tests. The significance thresholds derived can provide practical guidelines for other studies using similar population samples and genotyping platforms. Genet. Epidemiol. 34:100-105, 2010. (c) 2009 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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