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Federated generalized linear mixed models for collaborative genome-wide association studies.

Wentao Li¹, Han Chen^1,2, Xiaoqian Jiang¹

¹School of Biomedical Informatics, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA.

|August 2, 2023

Summary

Federated association testing methods like dMEGA enable large-scale genome-wide association studies. This approach addresses confounding factors and privacy concerns by analyzing data across sites without sharing raw genetic or phenotype information.

Keywords:

Clinical genetics Genomics Health sciences Human genetics

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Computational Biology

Background:

Federated association testing facilitates large-scale genetic studies by aggregating intermediate statistics from multiple sites.
Existing methods face challenges in controlling for population stratification, incorporating flexible disease models, and ensuring participant privacy.
Generalized linear mixed models are essential for robust association testing, accounting for complex genetic architectures and relatedness.

Purpose of the Study:

To introduce distributed Mixed Effects Genome-wide Association study (dMEGA), a novel federated approach for genome-wide association testing.
To enable multi-site association analysis without direct sharing of sensitive genotype and phenotype data.
To develop a method that effectively addresses confounding factors and privacy concerns in federated genetic studies.

Main Methods:

dMEGA implements federated generalized linear mixed model-based association testing across distributed sites.
The method utilizes a reference projection technique to correct for population stratification.
It incorporates efficient local-gradient updates for fixed and random effects, ensuring data privacy.

Main Results:

The accuracy and efficiency of dMEGA were validated using both simulated and real-world genetic datasets.
dMEGA successfully performed federated association testing while preserving participant privacy.
The approach demonstrated robust control for population stratification in a multi-site setting.

Conclusions:

dMEGA provides a privacy-preserving and accurate solution for federated genome-wide association studies.
The method effectively handles confounding factors like population stratification in distributed data settings.
dMEGA represents a significant advancement in large-scale genetic epidemiology, enabling collaborative research without compromising data security.