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. 2017 Aug 30;207(3):883–891. doi: 10.1534/genetics.117.300257

Table 2. Empirical type I error rates for SNP-level analysis and various gene-based tests based on simulated genotype data and real genotype data of 1000 individuals.

α SNP GATES VEGAS (max) VEGAS (10%) VEGAS (20%) VEGAS (30%) VEGAS (40%) VEGAS (sum) SimpleM COMBAT
LD (r)
 0 0.05 0.042 0.042 0.043 0.044 0.044 0.044 0.041 0.045 0.042 0.05
0.01 0.009 0.009 0.007 0.01 0.008 0.006 0.007 0.01 0.009 0.01
 0.5 0.05 0.04 0.044 0.045 0.051 0.049 0.045 0.046 0.045 0.041 0.049
0.01 0.007 0.009 0.008 0.011 0.009 0.008 0.011 0.01 0.009 0.012
 0.9 0.05 0.027 0.051 0.051 0.049 0.044 0.04 0.047 0.044 0.028 0.051
0.01 0.005 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.011 0.009 0.009 0.011 0.009 0.013
Number of SNPs
 30 0.05 0.024 0.051 0.050 0.050 0.051 0.049 0.050 0.050 0.037 0.056
0.01 0.005 0.010 0.009 0.009 0.009 0.009 0.009 0.011 0.009 0.011
 50 0.05 0.026 0.055 0.054 0.050 0.048 0.048 0.049 0.049 0.045 0.056
0.01 0.005 0.012 0.010 0.010 0.009 0.010 0.010 0.010 0.010 0.012
 100 0.05 0.030 0.055 0.051 0.051 0.048 0.047 0.048 0.048 0.046 0.054
0.01 0.006 0.012 0.010 0.009 0.009 0.008 0.008 0.008 0.010 0.010