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ArticleGenetic epidemiology2018

Adjustment for covariates using summary statistics of genome-wide association studies.

Tao Wang, Xiaonan Xue, Xianhong Xie, Kenny Ye, Xiaofeng Zhu, Robert C Elston

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Tao WangDepartment of Epidemiology & Population Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, New York.ORCID 0000-0003-0581-1251
Xiaonan XueDepartment of Epidemiology & Population Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, New York.
Xianhong XieDepartment of Epidemiology & Population Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, New York.
Kenny YeDepartment of Epidemiology & Population Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, New York.
Xiaofeng ZhuDepartment of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio.
Robert C ElstonDepartment of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio.

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Statistical methods for analyzing high-throughput genotype dataR01HG003054 · NHGRI · LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO · PI ZHU, XIAOFENG · 2005 to 2017
$3.6M
Develop and Apply a Novel Genome-wide Mendelian Randomization Method to Examine Relationship between Obesity and Lung CancerR21CA202529 · NCI · ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE, INC · PI HO, GLORIA YUEN FUN, WANG, TAO · 2016 to 2017
$408k
NCI NIH HHS CA202529NCI NIH HHS R21 CA202529NHGRI NIH HHS HG003054NHGRI NIH HHS R01 HG003054
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Abstract

Linear regression is a standard approach to identify genetic variants associated with continuous traits in genome-wide association studies (GWAS). In a standard epidemiology study, linear regression is often performed with adjustment for covariates to estimate the independent effect of a predictor variable or to improve statistical power by reducing residual variability. However, it is problematic to adjust for heritable covariates in genetic association analysis. Here, we propose a new method that utilizes summary statistics of the covariate from additional samples for reducing the residual variability and hence improves statistical power. Our simulation study showed that the proposed methodology can maintain a good control of Type I error and can achieve much higher power than a simple linear regression. The method is illustrated by an application to the GWAS results from the Genetic Investigation of Anthropometric Traits consortium.

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Genome-Wide Association StudyStatistics as TopicComputer SimulationHumansLinear ModelsModels, GeneticPhenotypePolymorphism, Single NucleotideWaist CircumferenceWaist-Hip Ratiocontinuous traitsgenome-wide association studies (GWAS)linear regression, pleiotropymeta-analysis

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PMCPMC6239891

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