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. 2016 Oct 22;32(2):667–690. doi: 10.1007/s00180-016-0690-2

Table 4.

LASSO for logistic regression models based on case-control data with n1 cases and n0 controls

FX n β FP rate FN rate Coverage of zero for Coverage of 95 % CIs of β for β^0
β=0 β0
(Adapta) (Oracleb) (Adapt) (Oracle) (Adapt) (Oracle)
Normal 100 0.25 0.069 0.814 0.999 0.970 0.997 0.945 0.104 0.073
Normal 200 0.25 0.080 0.776 0.998 0.968 0.994 0.917 0.146 0.116
Normal 500 0.25 0.140 0.593 0.998 0.962 0.975 0.804 0.346 0.319
Normal 100 0.500 0.102 0.688 0.999 0.963 0.988 0.860 0.242 0.202
Normal 200 0.500 0.198 0.423 0.997 0.951 0.930 0.677 0.532 0.489
Normal 500 0.500 0.365 0.063 0.994 0.946 0.634 0.287 0.828 0.896
Normal 100 1.000 0.262 0.229 0.997 0.934 0.853 0.488 0.700 0.668
Normal 200 1.00 0.385 0.022 0.994 0.936 0.488 0.166 0.832 0.912
Normal 500 1.00 0.443 0.000 0.993 0.945 0.029 0.004 0.850 0.937
Binomial 100 0.25 0.086 0.760 0.999 0.965 0.992 0.907 0.163 0.125
Binomial 200 0.25 0.120 0.646 0.998 0.960 0.976 0.828 0.288 0.25
Binomial 500 0.25 0.264 0.259 0.996 0.949 0.859 0.533 0.713 0.683
Binomial 100 0.50 0.177 0.451 0.998 0.947 0.941 0.683 0.502 0.445
Binomial 200 0.50 0.314 0.119 0.996 0.938 0.750 0.381 0.778 0.817
Binomial 500 0.50 0.425 0.002 0.994 0.944 0.192 0.046 0.859 0.940
Binomial 100 1.00 0.367 0.039 0.996 0.915 0.578 0.206 0.793 0.815
Binomial 200 1.00 0.442 0.001 0.994 0.931 0.121 0.020 0.824 0.897
Binomial 500 1.00 0.483 0.000 0.993 0.942 0.000 0.000 0.813 0.930

FX is the distribution of the predictors X

FP false positive, FN false negative

a Corresponds to Algorithm 1, and b to Algorithm 2 in the text