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Importance sampling method of correction for multiple testing in affected sib-pair linkage analysis.

Alison P Klein1, Ilija Kovac, Alexa J M Sorant

  • 1Inherited Disease Research Branch, NHGRI, NIH, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. aklein@nhgri.nih.gov

BMC Genetics
|February 21, 2004
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We compared multiple testing correction methods using simulated genetic data. All methods, including importance sampling, were conservative and had low power for detecting trait loci, potentially due to binary trait definitions.

Area of Science:

  • Genetics
  • Statistical genetics
  • Bioinformatics

Background:

  • Multiple testing is a common challenge in genetic association studies.
  • Adjusting p-values is crucial to control for false positives.
  • Existing methods like Bonferroni correction can be overly conservative.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To compare the performance of importance sampling against other p-value adjustment methods.
  • To evaluate type I error rates and the power to detect trait-influencing loci.
  • To assess these methods using the Genetic Analysis Workshop 13 simulated dataset.

Main Methods:

  • Affected sib-pair linkage analysis was performed on 100 replicates for five binary traits.
  • p-values were adjusted using importance sampling, Bonferroni correction, Feingold's method, and naive Monte Carlo simulation.

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  • Type I error rates and locus detection power were compared across methods.

    • Main Results:

    • All tested methods exhibited conservative type I error rates.
    • The Bonferroni correction was particularly conservative.
    • The power of all methods to detect loci influencing trait values was low.
    • Binary trait definitions may have limited the detection power.

    Conclusions:

    • Importance sampling and other tested methods are conservative for multiple testing adjustments.
    • Low power to detect trait loci was observed across all methods.
    • Further investigation into trait definitions may be needed to improve locus detection.