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. 2013 Jun 6;14:177. doi: 10.1186/1471-2105-14-177

Table 3.

Power (%) of seven methods to detect association of rare variants under seven scenarios for underlying genetic architecture using data simulated for TERT in 2000 cases and 2000 controls

 
 
Threshold for significance
 
 
P < 0.001
P < 0.01
P < 0.05
Scenario* Proportion of variants associated RAML SKAT-O T1 T5 WST VTT EREC RAML SKAT-O T1 T5 WST VTT EREC RAML SKAT-O T1 T5 WST VTT EREC
1
0.05
15.5
10.5
3.5
4.0
4.0
6.5
10.5
34.0
22.5
14.0
16.0
14.5
15.0
20.5
48.5
36.0
25.5
22.5
24.0
30.0
34.0
2
0.05
19.5
13.0
5.0
4.0
3.5
7.0
13.5
28.5
21.5
11.5
11.0
12.0
14.5
19.0
42.5
38.5
24.0
21.5
24.0
25.0
36.5
3
0.05
18.0
10.5
6.5
4.5
3.5
5.5
6.5
33.5
17.5
12.5
7.0
11.0
12.0
18.5
47.0
35.5
26.0
18.0
25.0
25.5
33.5
4
0.05
13.0
5.0
2.0
1.0
1.0
1.0
3.0
22.5
13.5
7.0
4.0
5.0
6.0
9.0
38.5
27.5
14.0
14.5
14.5
12.5
25.5
5
0.05
21.5
13.5
4.5
4.5
3.0
6.0
9.0
32.5
21.0
10.0
8.5
9.0
14.0
17.5
49.0
35.5
19.5
20.0
20.0
20.5
36.5
6
0.05
15.0
8.5
3.0
4.0
2.0
5.0
6.5
26.5
13.5
7.5
7.0
7.0
10.0
12.0
39.0
25.0
16.5
12.5
13.5
15.5
22.0
7
0.05
10.5
4.5
0.0
2.0
1.5
2.5
4.5
24.0
10.5
3.0
7.5
4.0
4.5
10.0
38.5
25.0
11.0
13.0
10.5
16.0
22.5
1
0.10
23.0
18.5
12.5
15.0
13.0
16.0
19.0
41.0
32.0
26.0
24.5
27.5
31.0
34.0
63.0
51.0
43.5
39.5
48.0
44.0
53.5
2
0.10
14.5
9.0
7.0
3.5
5.0
7.0
7.5
25.0
20.5
15.5
8.0
12.0
13.0
19.5
42.5
36.0
23.5
23.5
24.0
25.0
34.0
3
0.10
17.5
11.5
6.5
6.5
7.0
8.5
10.5
33.0
23.5
19.5
14.5
18.5
22.0
22.0
47.5
39.0
33.0
27.0
33.5
32.5
39.5
4
0.10
10.5
10.0
4.5
5.5
4.5
5.0
7.5
24.5
18.0
11.0
11.0
10.5
12.0
16.5
42.5
32.5
20.0
21.0
20.5
22.5
34.0
5
0.10
12.5
11.0
3.5
6.0
5.5
5.5
10.0
27.0
20.0
10.5
14.0
11.0
13.0
22.5
39.5
35.5
28.0
27.0
23.5
26.0
34.5
6
0.10
6.5
6.0
3.0
0.0
2.0
2.5
4.5
23.0
14.0
7.0
6.5
6.0
7.5
12.5
40.0
27.5
17.0
13.5
17.0
18.5
26.0
7
0.10
10.5
7.0
2.0
0.5
2.0
2.0
6.0
21.0
15.0
5.5
7.5
7.0
6.5
12.5
35.5
25.5
13.5
14.0
13.5
16.0
24.0
1
0.20
31.0
33.5
31.5
24.5
30.5
30.5
30.5
55.0
58.0
53.0
48.5
61.0
55.5
58.5
75.0
72.0
73.5
67.5
75.5
70.5
73.0
2
0.20
12.5
12.0
9.5
6.5
9.5
10.0
12.5
34.0
30.5
25.0
20.0
26.0
26.0
29.5
63.5
53.5
45.5
37.0
45.0
42.0
55.0
3
0.20
18.0
14.5
11.0
11.0
14.5
15.5
16.0
39.0
36.5
32.0
23.5
33.0
31.5
35.0
58.5
58.5
49.5
45.0
49.5
45.5
56.5
4
0.20
12.5
10.5
5.5
3.0
3.0
4.5
7.5
23.5
18.5
16.0
16.0
16.0
17.5
20.0
46.0
40.5
31.5
28.5
31.5
31.0
39.0
5
0.20
14.5
10.5
6.5
4.5
5.0
6.5
10.5
28.5
27.0
20.0
17.5
19.0
17.5
26.5
48.5
47.0
36.5
30.0
32.5
36.0
43.0
6
0.20
11.5
6.0
2.0
3.0
1.0
2.0
4.0
27.0
15.5
7.0
7.5
8.0
8.0
17.5
43.0
38.0
19.5
21.0
20.0
21.5
33.5
7 0.20 9.5 4.0 1.0 2.0 1.0 1.0 4.5 22.0 17.5 5.5 5.5 6.0 5.5 13.0 44.5 30.0 15.0 13.0 11.5 17.5 28.5

Method with greatest power emboldened.

* See text for description of genetic architecture for each scenario.

RAML Rare admixture maximum likelihood, SKAT-O sequence kernel association test, T1 fixed threshold test 1 per cent MAF, T5 fixed threshold test 5 per cent MAF, WST weighted sum test, VTT variable threshold test, EREC estimated regression coefficient test.