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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Genet Epidemiol. 2016 Nov 9;41(1):81–93. doi: 10.1002/gepi.22016

Table 1.

Empirical type I error of LSKAT and LBT under different correlation structures, based on 106 simulated replicates. Rates that are significantly larger than the nominal levels are in bold.

Sample Size Correlation Empirical Type I Error
LSKAT
LBT
α = 10−3 α = 10−4 α = 10−5 α = 10−3 α = 10−4 α = 10−5
AR(1) 8.9 × 10−4 6.1 × 10−5 4 × 10−6 1.0 × 10−3 8.2 × 10−5 5 × 10−6
500 CS 6.1 × 10−4 4.3 × 10−5 5 × 10−6 5.6 × 10−4 4.7 × 10−5 2 × 10−6
SAD(1) 1.0 × 10−3 9.8 × 10−5 4 × 10−6 1.5 × 10−3 1.5 × 10−4 1.6 × 10−5

AR(1) 8.8 × 10−4 8.6 × 10−5 8 × 10−6 1.0 × 10−3 8.3 × 10−5 4 × 10−6
1000 CS 6.0 × 10−4 4.8 × 10−5 5 × 10−6 6.7 × 10−4 4.2 × 10−5 5 × 10−6
SAD(1) 8.6 × 10−4 7.9 × 10−5 5 × 10−6 8.2 × 10−4 6.2 × 10−5 4 × 10−6

AR(1) 8.4 × 10−4 7.9 × 10−5 7 × 10−6 7.4 × 10−4 6.3 × 10−5 4 × 10−6
2500 CS 6.8 × 10−4 5.9 × 10−5 4 × 10−6 6.7 × 10−4 4.5 × 10−5 4 × 10−6
SAD(1) 9.4 × 10−4 8.7 × 10−5 7 × 10−6 9.0 × 10−4 4.7 × 10−5 6 × 10−6

AR(1): first-order autoregressive model

CS: compound symmetry model

SAD(1): first-order structured antedependence model