Table 2.
Empirical Type I Error Rates of SMMAT-B, SMMAT-S, SMMAT-O, and SMMAT-E Assuming All Studies in the Same Group (hom) and Scenario A, B, C, and D Studies in Four Separate Groups (het), in Meta-analysis Simulation Studies at Significance Levels of 0.05, 0.0001, and 2.5 × 10−6
Continuous Traits |
Binary Traits |
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Level | 0.05 | 0.0001 | 2.5 × 10−6 | 0.05 | 0.0001 | 2.5 × 10−6 |
SMMAT-B | 0.051 | 1.0 × 10−4 | 2.6 × 10−6 | 0.051 | 1.1 × 10−4 | 2.5 × 10−6 |
Hom SMMAT-S | 0.051 | 1.0 × 10−4 | 2.6 × 10−6 | 0.051 | 1.1 × 10−4 | 2.1 × 10−6 |
Het SMMAT-S | 0.051 | 1.0 × 10−4 | 2.8 × 10−6 | 0.052 | 1.0 × 10−4 | 2.4 × 10−6 |
Hom SMMAT-O | 0.053 | 1.3 × 10−4 | 4.0 × 10−6 | 0.053 | 1.4 × 10−4 | 3.4 × 10−6 |
Het SMMAT-O | 0.052 | 1.1 × 10−4 | 2.6 × 10−6 | 0.052 | 1.1 × 10−4 | 2.2 × 10−6 |
Hom SMMAT-E | 0.051 | 1.0 × 10−4 | 2.5 × 10−6 | 0.051 | 1.1 × 10−4 | 2.6 × 10−6 |
Het SMMAT-E | 0.051 | 1.0 × 10−4 | 2.8 × 10−6 | 0.052 | 1.1 × 10−4 | 3.0 × 10−6 |
The total sample size was 12,000 from 12 studies, and results from 4,000 simulation replicates were combined to get 40 million genetic variant sets.