A randomization test for controlling population stratification in whole-genome association studies

Gad Kimmel*, Michael I. Jordan, Eran Halperin, Ron Shamir, Richard M. Karp

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Abstract

Population stratification can be a serious obstacle in the analysis of genomewide association studies.We propose a method for evaluating the significance of association scores in whole-genome cohorts with stratification. Our approach is a randomization test akin to a standard permutation test. It conditions on the genotype matrix and thus takes into account not only the population structure but also the complex linkage disequilibrium structure of the genome. As we show in simulation experiments, our method achieves higher power and significantly better control over false-positive rates than do existing methods. In addition, it can be easily applied to whole-genome association studies.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)895-905
Number of pages11
JournalAmerican Journal of Human Genetics
Volume81
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - 2007

Funding

FundersFunder number
National Science FoundationIIS-0513599
National Science Foundation
National Institutes of Health0412995, R33 HG003070
National Institutes of Health
Israel Science Foundation309/02
Israel Science Foundation

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