Efficient Bayesian mixed model analysis increases association power in large cohorts
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Tucker, George
Bulik-Sullivan, Brendan K
Finucane, Hilary K
Berger, Bonnie
Patterson, Nick
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Loh, P., G. Tucker, B. K. Bulik-Sullivan, B. J. Vilhjálmsson, H. K. Finucane, R. M. Salem, D. I. Chasman, et al. 2014. “Efficient Bayesian mixed model analysis increases association power in large cohorts.” Nature genetics 47 (3): 284-290. doi:10.1038/ng.3190. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ng.3190.Abstract
Linear mixed models are a powerful statistical tool for identifying genetic associations and avoiding confounding. However, existing methods are computationally intractable in large cohorts, and may not optimize power. All existing methods require time cost O(MN2) (where N = #samples and M = #SNPs) and implicitly assume an infinitesimal genetic architecture in which effect sizes are normally distributed, which can limit power. Here, we present a far more efficient mixed model association method, BOLT-LMM, which requires only a small number of O(MN)-time iterations and increases power by modeling more realistic, non-infinitesimal genetic architectures via a Bayesian mixture prior on marker effect sizes. We applied BOLT-LMM to nine quantitative traits in 23,294 samples from the Women’s Genome Health Study (WGHS) and observed significant increases in power, consistent with simulations. Theory and simulations show that the boost in power increases with cohort size, making BOLT-LMM appealing for GWAS in large cohorts.Other Sources
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