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. 2012 Dec 24;3:300. doi: 10.3389/fgene.2012.00300

Table 3.

Power of meta-analysis of GWAS for two studies using PCA correction, single GC correction (1 GC), and double GC correction (2 GC) at significance levels of 10–5, 10–6, and 10–7

Study 1 Study 2 10–5 10–6 10–7
R Case Control R Case Control PCA 1 GC 2 GC PCA 1 GC 2 GC PCA 1 GC 2 GC
1.2 1000 1000 1.2 1000 1000 0.1901 0.0402 0.0425 0.0908 0.0113 0.0124 0.0384 0.0041 0.0045
1000 1000 1.3 1000 1000 0.4449 0.1207 0.1194 0.2797 0.0511 0.0502 0.1637 0.0199 0.0196
1500 1500 1.4 500 500 0.4232 0.1368 0.1450 0.2631 0.0604 0.0645 0.1437 0.0238 0.0253
1500 750 1.5 750 1500 0.8332 0.4306 0.4368 0.7221 0.2724 0.2787 0.5959 0.1549 0.1602
1.3 1500 1500 1.3 500 500 0.7029 0.2412 0.2375 0.5487 0.1228 0.1205 0.3934 0.0552 0.0535
1000 1000 1.4 1000 1000 0.8768 0.4703 0.4806 0.7738 0.3003 0.3085 0.6386 0.1709 0.1800
1000 1000 1.5 1000 1000 0.9425 0.6377 0.6403 0.8835 0.4683 0.4702 0.8060 0.3128 0.3152
1.4 750 1500 1.4 1500 750 0.9551 0.6532 0.6570 0.9046 0.4740 0.4782 0.8251 0.3190 0.3215
1500 1500 1.5 500 500 0.9700 0.7008 0.6986 0.9302 0.5442 0.5400 0.8733 0.3819 0.3773
1.5 1500 750 1.5 750 1500 0.9952 0.8942 0.8930 0.9842 0.8044 0.8028 0.9686 0.6844 0.6824

Boldface values denote the highest power among meta-analyses using the three methods (PCA, 1 GC, and 2 GC).