Table 1. Average number of SNPs needed to include 50% and 90% causal SNPs among 100 simulated data sets under different numbers of causal SNPs for continuous traits.
| Methods | 1a | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50% | 90% | 50% | 90% | 50% | 90% | 50% | 90% | 50% | 90% | |
| CAVIARBF | 1.69 | 10.00 | 2.95 | 16.00 | 4.53 | 19.80 | 5.47 | 20.80 | 7.42 | 26.18 |
| BIMBAM | 1.63 | 9.75 | 3.00 | 17.00 | 4.25 | 19.80 | 5.50 | 20.55 | 7.86 | 26.25 |
| PAINTOR | 2.00 | 11.50 | 3.75 | 20.33 | 5.36 | 25.25 | 6.50 | 25.67 | 8.77 | 26.83 |
| ENET | 2.00 | 27.00 | 4.00 | 26.20 | 7.80 | 29.00 | 6.41 | 29.00 | 8.39 | 30.33 |
| LASSO | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 13.75 | NA | NA | NA |
| CAVIARBF(ref) | 1.73 | 12.00 | 3.17 | 15.00 | 4.76 | 22.00 | 5.88 | 23.17 | 7.82 | 26.77 |
a
The number of causal SNPs in the data. The smallest number for each column is in boldface type. NA: data not available for the calculation. CAVIARBF(ref): CAVIARBF with the correlation among SNPs estimated from the CEU population of the 1000 Genomes Project.