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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Hum Genet. 2008 Jul 24;72(Pt 6):801–811. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-1809.2008.00465.x

Table 1.

Statistical power with different prevalence ratios in a two-subpopulation model without adjustment for type I error

Allele frequencya Genetic divergenceb Power with different ratio of prevalencec
0.02/0.06 0.03/0.05 0.04/0.04 0.05/0.03 0.06/0.02
0.1 0 0.263 0.263 0.263 0.263 0.263
0.01 0.05 0.103 0.258 0.486 0.714
0.05 0.438 0.055 0.239 0.742 0.973
0.5 0 0.564 0.564 0.564 0.564 0.564
0.01 0.156 0.331 0.556 0.765 0.904
0.05 0.088 0.111 0.523 0.913 0.996
0.9 0 0.232 0.232 0.232 0.232 0.232
0.01 0.053 0.105 0.229 0.422 0.643
0.05 0.191 0.05 0.216 0.676 0.964
a

RR of the allele is 1.2 in each of the two subpopulations.

b

Three different divergence levels were given in Fst.

c

The ratios of prevalence of subpopulations A and B are shown at the head of each data column.