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ArticlePacific Symposium on Biocomputing. Pacific Symposium on Biocomputing2019

Leveraging summary statistics to make inferences about complex phenotypes in large biobanks.

Angela Gasdaska, Derek Friend, Rachel Chen, Jason Westra, Matthew Zawistowski, William Lindsey, Nathan Tintle

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Article in Pacific Symposium on Biocomputing. Pacific Symposium on Biocomputing, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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  3. When Biology Gets Personal: Hidden Challenges of Privacy and Ethics in Biological Big Data.Pacific Symposium on Biocomputing. Pacific Symposium on Biocomputing · 2019
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7 authors.

Angela Gasdaska *Department of Mathematics and Computer Science and Department of Quantitative Theory and Methods, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA, aegasdaska@gmail.com.
Derek Friend *Department of Geography, University of Nevada, Reno, NV 89557, USA, derekfriend@outlook.com.
Rachel ChenDepartment of Statistics, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA, rschen@ncsu.edu.
Jason WestraDepartment of Math, Computer Science, and Statistics, Dordt College, Sioux Center, IA 51250, USA, westrajason@hotmail.com.
Matthew ZawistowskiDepartment of Biostatistics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA, mattz@umich.edu.
William LindseyDepartment of Math, Computer Science, and Statistics, Dordt College, Sioux Center, IA 51250, USA William.Lindsey@dordt.edu.
Nathan TintleDepartment of Math, Computer Science, and Statistics, Dordt College, Sioux Center, IA 51250, USA Nathan.Tintle@dordt.edu.

Funding

Analyzing the behavior and interpreting the results of gene based tests of rare variant associationR15HG006915 · NHGRI · DORDT COLLEGE · PI TINTLE, NATHAN L · 2012 to 2020
$1.3M
NHGRI NIH HHS R15 HG006915
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

As genetic sequencing becomes less expensive and data sets linking genetic data and medical records (e.g., Biobanks) become larger and more common, issues of data privacy and computational challenges become more necessary to address in order to realize the benefits of these datasets. One possibility for alleviating these issues is through the use of already-computed summary statistics (e.g., slopes and standard errors from a regression model of a phenotype on a genotype). If groups share summary statistics from their analyses of biobanks, many of the privacy issues and computational challenges concerning the access of these data could be bypassed. In this paper we explore the possibility of using summary statistics from simple linear models of phenotype on genotype in order to make inferences about more complex phenotypes (those that are derived from two or more simple phenotypes). We provide exact formulas for the slope, intercept, and standard error of the slope for linear regressions when combining phenotypes. Derived equations are validated via simulation and tested on a real data set exploring the genetics of fatty acids.

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PhenotypeBiological Specimen BanksComputational BiologyComputer SimulationFatty AcidsGenetic PrivacyGenotypeHumansLinear ModelsModels, GeneticPolymorphism, Single NucleotideFatty Acidsbiobankcomputational challengesdata securitygeneticsgenome-wide association studyphenotypesprivacysingle nucleotide variant

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PMID30963077
PMCPMC6417828

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