Accurate liability estimation improves power in ascertained case-control studies

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作者
Weissbrod, Omer [1 ]
Lippert, Christoph [2 ]
Geiger, Dan [1 ]
Heckerman, David [2 ]
机构
[1] Technion Israel Inst Technol, Dept Comp Sci, IL-32000 Haifa, Israel
[2] Microsoft Res, eSci Grp, Los Angeles, CA USA
基金
英国惠康基金;
关键词
LINEAR MIXED MODELS; ASSOCIATION; LOCI; STRATIFICATION; SUSCEPTIBILITY; HERITABILITY; RISK;
D O I
10.1038/NMETH.3285
中图分类号
Q5 [生物化学];
学科分类号
071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
Linear mixed models (LMMs) have emerged as the method of choice for confounded genome-wide association studies. However, the performance of LMMs in nonrandomly ascertained case-control studies deteriorates with increasing sample size. We propose a framework called LEAP (liability estimator as a phenotype; https://github.com/omerwe/LEAP) that tests for association with estimated latent values corresponding to severity of phenotype, and we demonstrate that this can lead to a substantial power increase.
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页码:332 / U78
页数:5
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