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Ranking bias in association studies.

Neal O Jeffries1

  • 1Office of Biostatistics Research, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Md. 20892, USA. nealjeff@nhlbi.nih.gov

Human Heredity
|January 28, 2009
PubMed
Summary

Genomewide association studies can overestimate disease associations due to focusing on the strongest results. A separate bias, ranking bias, arises from testing many markers and selecting top results, often inflating effect size estimates.

Area of Science:

  • Genetics
  • Biostatistics

Background:

  • Genomewide association studies (GWAS) can overestimate marker-disease associations.
  • This overestimation is often observed when focusing on the marker with the strongest relationship, particularly in case-control studies.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To describe a bias in GWAS effect size estimation, termed ranking bias.
  • To differentiate ranking bias from bias caused by conditioning on significant p-values.

Main Methods:

  • Analytical description of ranking bias.
  • Simulations to demonstrate the extent of the bias.
  • Identification of factors exacerbating ranking bias.

Main Results:

  • Ranking bias is a distinct phenomenon from bias due to conditioning on p-values.

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  • Ranking bias can be a significant contributor to overestimated effect sizes in GWAS.
  • The study identifies specific factors that worsen this bias.

    • Conclusions:

    • Ranking bias is a critical consideration in interpreting GWAS results.
    • Understanding and mitigating ranking bias is essential for accurate genetic association studies.
    • Further research should focus on the analytical and simulation-based findings presented.