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Table 4 Empirical power results for main genetic effect assessment comparing ordinary statistical methods (OLR and OLMM) to family-based methods (AQTDTM, FBAT and ALMM) under homogeneous (HP) and stratified (SP) populations. Each time, n cases were simulated with parameters β1 = α5 = 0.5. Simulations are based on the additive genetic model. † = number that identifies each model in the paper.

From: Gene-environment interaction tests for family studies with quantitative phenotypes: A review and extension to longitudinal measures

n

H0 : β1 = 0

H0 : α5 = 0

 

Two-step-models

Mixed models

 

OLR (16) †

AQTDT M (17)

FBAT (18)

OLMM (19)

ALMM (20)

 

HP

SP

HP

SP

HP

SP

HP

SP

HP

SP

100

0.184

-

0.107

0.093

0.108

0.095

0.254

-

0.147

0.113

200

0.289

-

0.156

0.129

0.155

0.140

0.456

-

0.232

0.171

300

0.406

-

0.237

0.206

0.234

0.207

0.595

-

0.371

0.253

400

0.481

-

0.285

0.256

0.281

0.25

0.726

-

0.429

0.325

500

0.606

-

0.353

0.297

0.355

0.296

0.831

-

0.531

0.365

600

0.663

-

0.415

0.346

0.422

0.351

0.874

-

0.614

0.429

10000

0.864

-

0.589

0.493

0.589

0.495

0.976

-

0.813

0.613

  1. OLR, ordinary linear regression; OLMM, ordinary linear mixed model; ALMM, adjusted linear mixed model; AQTDTM, adjusted quantitative transmission disequilibrium test with mating type indicators