Table 6.

Percentage of covariates selected and average false positives out of the 500 null replicates

Covariate	95% CI	Backward			Forward			Stepwise			SSVS
		p=0.01	p=0.05	p=0.20	p=0.01	p=0.05	p=0.20	p=0.01	p=0.05	p=0.20	w=0.25	w=0.4	w=0.5	w=0.6
Smoking	6.2	1.0	7.2	7.8	0.2	4.0	8.8	0.2	4.0	8.8	0.8	2.8	4.6	8.0
Alcohol	5.6	1.2	6.4	8.6	0.6	2.8	7.2	0.6	2.4	7.4	0.4	1.8	3.2	6.6
XPD	5.8	1.6	8.4	7.0	0.2	3.8	7.2	0.4	3.8	7.2	1.0	2.4	3.0	5.2
Fiber	4.4	2.0	8.2	9.6	0.2	2.8	7.0	0.4	2.8	7.0	0	0	0	0
Folate	5.4	2.2	7.4	8.8	0.8	2.6	5.8	0.8	2.6	6.0	0.4	0.4	0.4	1.0
MTHFR	6.0	1.2	7.4	7.6	0.8	4.4	8.4	0.8	4.4	8.4	0.4	2.0	2.6	2.0
X6	4.4	2.6	9.8	9.6	0.2	1.4	4.2	0.2	1.2	4.6	0	0	3.2	5.0
X7	4.4	1.4	6.6	5.0	1.0	4.8	6.2	1.0	4.8	6.2	0	0	0	0
X10	5.0	1.8	6.2	6.4	0.6	4.4	7.2	0.6	4.4	7.0	1.2	2.2	0	0
X11	4.4	2.6	9.8	12.2	0.4	1.4	7.6	0.4	1.4	5.6	0	0	3.2	4.6
X12	7.8	3.2	12.4	14.8	0.2	1.6	7.2	0.2	1.4	7.2	0	0	0	0
X13	5.2	1.8	8.4	13.2	0	1.6	8.0	0	1.6	8.2	0	0	0	0
X14	4.6	3.2	1.0	10.4	0.4	3.0	7.2	0.4	2.8	7.2	0	0	0	0
Avg. False Positives	5.3	2.0	7.6	9.3	0.4	3.0	7.1	0.5	2.9	7.0	0.3	0.9	1.6	2.5
Max. False Positives	7.8	3.2	12.4	14.8	1.0	4.8	8.8	1	4.8	8.8	1.2	2.8	4.6	8.0