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  • Genetics and Epidemiology
  • Statistical Genetics
  • Environmental Health

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  • Dissecting common disease etiology requires detecting gene-environment interactions, particularly with rare variants.
  • Rare haplotype variants (rHTVs) are of significant interest in genetic association studies.
  • Complex sampling designs, like stratified random sampling, are increasingly used in case-control studies.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop and evaluate methods for detecting gene-environment interactions with rHTVs in complex survey data.
  • To adapt existing logistic Bayesian LASSO (LBL) methods to accommodate stratified sampling designs.
  • To identify gene-environment interactions relevant to kidney cancer etiology.

Main Methods:

  • Extension of logistic Bayesian LASSO (LBL) to incorporate stratifying variables (main effects or interactions).
  • Simulation studies comparing extended LBL methods with original LBL under various scenarios.
  • Analysis of the US Kidney Cancer Study (KCS) data using the developed methods.

Main Results:

  • Extended LBL methods control type I error rates in complex sampling designs, unlike original LBL.
  • Including interaction terms between stratifying variables and haplotypes is crucial when such interactions exist.
  • A significant interaction between smoking and an rHTV in the N-acetyltransferase 2 gene was found in KCS data.

Conclusions:

  • The proposed LBL extensions effectively handle complex sampling designs for rHTV association studies.
  • Accurate detection of gene-environment interactions necessitates modeling interaction terms when appropriate.
  • Findings highlight a specific gene-environment interaction potentially contributing to kidney cancer risk.