A multiple testing approach to high-dimensional association studies with an application to the detection of associations between risk factors of heart disease and genetic polymorphisms

José A. Ferreira; Johannes Berkhof; Olga Souverein; Koos Zwinderman

doi:https://doi.org/10.2202/1544-6115.1420

A multiple testing approach to high-dimensional association studies with an application to the detection of associations between risk factors of heart disease and genetic polymorphisms

José A. Ferreira, Johannes Berkhof, Olga Souverein, Koos Zwinderman

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We present an approach to association studies involving a dozen or so ;response' variables and a few hundred ;explanatory' variables which emphasizes transparency, simplicity, and protection against spurious results. The methods proposed are largely non-parametric, and they are systematically rounded-off by the Benjamini-Hochberg method of multiple testing. An application to the detection of associations between risk factors of heart disease and genetic polymorphisms using the REGRESS dataset provides ample illustration of our approach. Special attention is paid to book-keeping and information-management aspects of data analysis, which allow the creation of an informative and reasonably digestible ;map of relationships'---the end-product of an association study as far as statistics is concerned

Original language	English
Article number	7
Pages (from-to)	7
Journal	Statistical Applications in Genetics and Molecular Biology
Volume	8
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2202/1544-6115.1420
Publication status	Published - 24 Mar 2009

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Association tests
Multiple testing
Non-parametric methods

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Ferreira, J. A., Berkhof, J., Souverein, O., & Zwinderman, K. (2009). A multiple testing approach to high-dimensional association studies with an application to the detection of associations between risk factors of heart disease and genetic polymorphisms. Statistical Applications in Genetics and Molecular Biology, 8(1), 7. Article 7. https://doi.org/10.2202/1544-6115.1420

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Ferreira, JA, Berkhof, J, Souverein, O & Zwinderman, K 2009, 'A multiple testing approach to high-dimensional association studies with an application to the detection of associations between risk factors of heart disease and genetic polymorphisms', Statistical Applications in Genetics and Molecular Biology, vol. 8, no. 1, 7, pp. 7. https://doi.org/10.2202/1544-6115.1420

A multiple testing approach to high-dimensional association studies with an application to the detection of associations between risk factors of heart disease and genetic polymorphisms. / Ferreira, José A.; Berkhof, Johannes; Souverein, Olga et al.
In: Statistical Applications in Genetics and Molecular Biology, Vol. 8, No. 1, 7, 24.03.2009, p. 7.

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