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dc.titleA correction for sample overlap in genome-wide association studies in a polygenic pleiotropy-informed framework
dc.contributor.authorLeBlanc, M
dc.contributor.authorZuber, V
dc.contributor.authorThompson, W.K
dc.date.accessioned2020-10-27T10:10:04Z
dc.date.available2020-10-27T10:10:04Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.identifier.citationLeBlanc, M, Zuber, V, Thompson, W.K (2018). A correction for sample overlap in genome-wide association studies in a polygenic pleiotropy-informed framework. BMC Genomics 19 (1) : 494. ScholarBank@NUS Repository. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12864-018-4859-7
dc.identifier.issn14712164
dc.identifier.urihttps://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/181195
dc.description.abstractBackground: There is considerable evidence that many complex traits have a partially shared genetic basis, termed pleiotropy. It is therefore useful to consider integrating genome-wide association study (GWAS) data across several traits, usually at the summary statistic level. A major practical challenge arises when these GWAS have overlapping subjects. This is particularly an issue when estimating pleiotropy using methods that condition the significance of one trait on the signficance of a second, such as the covariate-modulated false discovery rate (cmfdr). Results: We propose a method for correcting for sample overlap at the summary statistic level. We quantify the expected amount of spurious correlation between the summary statistics from two GWAS due to sample overlap, and use this estimated correlation in a simple linear correction that adjusts the joint distribution of test statistics from the two GWAS. The correction is appropriate for GWAS with case-control or quantitative outcomes. Our simulations and data example show that without correcting for sample overlap, the cmfdr is not properly controlled, leading to an excessive number of false discoveries and an excessive false discovery proportion. Our correction for sample overlap is effective in that it restores proper control of the false discovery rate, at very little loss in power. Conclusions: With our proposed correction, it is possible to integrate GWAS summary statistics with overlapping samples in a statistical framework that is dependent on the joint distribution of the two GWAS. © 2018 The Author(s).
dc.rightsAttribution 4.0 International
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.sourceUnpaywall 20201031
dc.subjectarticle
dc.subjectgenome-wide association study
dc.subjecthuman
dc.subjectjoint
dc.subjectphenotype
dc.subjectpleiotropy
dc.subjectquantitative analysis
dc.subjectsimulation
dc.subjectstatistics
dc.subjectcase control study
dc.subjectcomputer simulation
dc.subjectgenetics
dc.subjectgenome-wide association study
dc.subjectgenotype
dc.subjectphenotype
dc.subjectprocedures
dc.subjectsingle nucleotide polymorphism
dc.subjectCase-Control Studies
dc.subjectComputer Simulation
dc.subjectGenome-Wide Association Study
dc.subjectGenotype
dc.subjectHumans
dc.subjectPhenotype
dc.subjectPolymorphism, Single Nucleotide
dc.typeArticle
dc.contributor.departmentSAW SWEE HOCK SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH
dc.description.doi10.1186/s12864-018-4859-7
dc.description.sourcetitleBMC Genomics
dc.description.volume19
dc.description.issue1
dc.description.page494
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