Logistic regression protects against population structure in genetic association studies

Table 1.

Average properties (with standard errors) of the 50 data sets in the simulation study underlying Tables 2, 3, 4, 5, 6


FST/struct

FST (%)

|#cont – #case|

λ
(1) No structure 1.2 (0.03)
(2) Low/eq 3.5 (0.1) 24 (2) 1.2 (0.04)
(3) High/eq 8.3 (0.1) 43 (4) 1.9 (0.19)
(4) Low/un 3.5 (0.1) 19 (2) 1.2 (0.05)
(5) High/un
8.4 (0.1)
20 (2)
1.4 (0.06)
  • The first column gives a short label for each of the five demographic scenarios described in the text. Columns 2–4 give the average maximum-likelihood estimate of FST; the average absolute difference between the numbers of cases and of controls drawn from one population; and the average estimate of the λ parameter of the genomic control method.

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  1. Genome Res. 16: 290-296

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