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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Oct 9.
Published in final edited form as: Stat Interface. 2011;4(3):359–371. doi: 10.4310/sii.2011.v4.n3.a10

Table 5. Comparison of the median numbers of causal SNPs selected for different pre-specified odds ratios for the five simulation models using the FNR-based approach (given pre-specified power 80%) with traditional approaches.

Odds ratios

Model (#of causal SNPs) Approaches Parameter values 1.8 1.7 1.6 1.5 1.4 1.3 1.2
Model 1 (5) Bonferroni Correction 0a/0b 0/0 1/1 1/1 1/1 0/1 0/1
BH-FDR 0/0 0/0 1/1 1/1 1/1 0/1 0/1
Fixed p-value cutoff p =10−5 0/0 0/0 1/1 1/1 1/1 0/1 0/1
Fixed number cutoff 10 0/0 0/0 1/1 1/1 1/1 0/1 0/1
20 0/0 0/0 1/1 1/1 1/1 0/1 0/1
30 0/0 0/0 1/1 1/1 1/1 1/1 0/1
FNR-based λ = 10−5 0/0 0/0 1/1 1/1 1/1 0/1 0/1
λ = 5 × 10−5 0/0 0/0 1/1 1/1 1/1 0/1 0/1
λ = 10−4 0/0 0/0 1/1 1/1 1/1 0/1 0/1
λ = 10−3 0/0 0/0 1/1 1/1 1/1 1/1 0/1
Model 2 (10) Bonferroni Correction 1/1 1/1 1/1 1/1 0/2 0/2 0/2
BH-FDR 1/1 1/1 1/1 1/1 1/2 1/2 0/2
Fixed p-value cutoff p =10−5 1/1 1/1 1/1 1/1 1/2 1/2 0/2
Fixed number cutoff 10 1/1 1/1 1/1 1/1 1/2 1/2 0/2
20 1/1 1/1 1/1 1/1 1/2 1/2 0/2
30 1/1 1/1 1/1 1/1 2/2 1/2 0/2
FNR-based λ = 10−5 1/1 1/1 1/1 1/1 1/2 1/2 0/2
λ = 5 × 10−5 1/1 1/1 1/1 1/1 1/2 1/2 0/2
λ = 10−4 1/1 1/1 1/1 1/1 2/2 1/2 0/2
λ = 10−3 1/1 1/1 1/1 1/1 2/2 2/2 0/2
Model 3 (15) Bonferroni Correction 1/2 2/2 2/2 1/2 1/2 0/2 0/3
BH-FDR 2/2 2/2 2/2 2/2 2/2 0/2 0/3
Fixed p-value cutoff p =10−5 2/2 2/2 2/2 2/2 2/2 0/2 0/3
Fixed number cutoff 10 1/2 2/2 2/2 1/2 1/2 0/2 0/3
20 2/2 2/2 2/2 2/2 2/2 0/2 0/3
30 2/2 2/2 2/2 2/2 2/2 0/2 0/3
FNR-based λ = 10−5 2/2 2/2 2/2 2/2 2/2 0/2 0/3
λ = 5 × 10−5 2/2 2/2 2/2 2/2 2/2 0/2 0/3
λ = 10−4 2/2 2/2 2/2 2/2 2/2 1/2 0/3
λ = 10−3 2/2 2/2 2/2 2/2 2/2 1/2 0/3
Model 4 (20) Bonferroni Correction 2/2 3/3 2/3 3/3 1/3 0/3 0/3
BH-FDR 2/2 3/3 2/3 3/3 1/3 0/3 0/3
Fixed p-value cutoff p =10−5 2/2 3/3 2/3 3/3 2/3 0/3 0/3
Fixed number cutoff 10 2/2 2/3 2/3 2/3 1/3 0/3 0/3
20 2/2 3/3 2/3 3/3 1/3 0/3 0/3
30 2/2 3/3 2/3 3/3 1/3 0/3 0/3
FNR-based λ = 10−5 2/2 3/3 2/3 3/3 1/3 0/3 0/3
λ = 5 × 10−5 2/2 3/3 2/3 3/3 2/3 0/3 0/3
λ = 10−4 2/2 3/3 2/3 3/3 2/3 0/3 0/3
λ = 10−3 2/2 3/3 3/3 3/3 2/3 2/3 0/3
Model 5 (25) Bonferroni Correction 3/3 2/3 1/3 2/4 0/4 0/4 0/4
BH-FDR 3/3 2/3 2/3 3/4 0/4 0/4 0/4
Fixed p-value cutoff p =10−5 3/3 3/3 2/3 3/4 4/4 1/4 0/4
Fixed number cutoff 10 3/3 2/3 1/3 1/4 0/4 0/4 0/4
20 3/3 2/3 2/3 3/4 1/4 0/4 0/4
30 3/3 3/3 2/3 3/4 3/4 1/4 0/4
FNR-based λ = 10−5 3/3 3/3 2/3 3/4 2/4 1/4 0/4
λ = 5 × 10−5 3/3 3/3 3/3 3/4 4/4 1/4 0/4
λ = 10−4 3/3 3/3 3/3 3/4 4/4 1/4 0/4
λ = 10−3 3/3 3/3 3/3 4/4 4/4 2/4 0/4
a

Denotes how many causal SNPs were selected

b

Denotes how many causal SNPs in total in the models

p: p-value cutoff.

λ: parameter used for estimating number of null hypotheses.