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    • Genetics
    • Biostatistics
    • Computational Biology

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    • Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) often lack statistical power due to small effect sizes of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and stringent multiple testing criteria.
    • Increasing sample size is the conventional method to enhance GWAS power, but this can be resource-intensive.

    Conclusions:

    • Redefining outcomes into an ordinal variable is an effective strategy to enhance statistical power in GWAS.
    • The proposed ordinal model offers a computationally efficient alternative to increasing sample size for genetic discovery.
    • This approach has significant implications for identifying genetic associations with complex traits and diseases.