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. 2012 Aug 31;12:164. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-12-164

Table 1.

Tests for whether α values tend to be greater than zero (i.e., excess of LA ancestry; p = probability; CI = confidence interval)

Class of loci Number of loci with α > 0 Number of loci with α < 0 Binomial probability Bayesian posterior estimates of p_α >0 with 95% CI
HV
 
 
 
 
outliers
142
40
p = 1.4e-14
0.778 (0.714–0.834)
extreme outliers
17
4
p = 0.007
0.791 (0.597–0.922)
all loci
17328
20922
p = 2.2e-16
0.454 (0.449–0.459)
MR
 
 
 
 
outliers
145
37
p = 1.6e-16
0.795 (0.732–0.849)
extreme outliers
18
3
p = 0.0015
0.836 (0.651–0.948)
all loci 17253 21051 p = 2.2e-16 0.450 (0.445–0.455)

Outliers are designated at the 95% level and extreme outliers at the 99% level. See text and [44] for details.

See text for details.