A powerful approach to sub-phenotype analysis in population-based genetic association studies.
The ultimate goal of genome-wide association (GWA) studies is to identify genetic variants contributing effects to complex phenotypes in order to improve our understanding of the biological architecture underlying the trait. One approach to allow us to meet this challenge is to consider more refined...
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| author | Morris, A Lindgren, C Zeggini, E Timpson, N Frayling, T Hattersley, A McCarthy, M |
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| description | The ultimate goal of genome-wide association (GWA) studies is to identify genetic variants contributing effects to complex phenotypes in order to improve our understanding of the biological architecture underlying the trait. One approach to allow us to meet this challenge is to consider more refined sub-phenotypes of disease, defined by pattern of symptoms, for example, which may be physiologically distinct, and thus may have different underlying genetic causes. The disadvantage of sub-phenotype analysis is that large disease cohorts are sub-divided into smaller case categories, thus reducing power to detect association. To address this issue, we have developed a novel test of association within a multinomial regression modeling framework, allowing for heterogeneity of genetic effects between sub-phenotypes. The modeling framework is extremely flexible, and can be generalized to any number of distinct sub-phenotypes. Simulations demonstrate the power of the multinomial regression-based analysis over existing methods when genetic effects differ between sub-phenotypes, with minimal loss of power when these effects are homogenous for the unified phenotype. Application of the multinomial regression analysis to a genome-wide association study of type 2 diabetes, with cases categorized according to body mass index, highlights previously recognized differential mechanisms underlying obese and non-obese forms of the disease, and provides evidence of a potential novel association that warrants follow-up in independent replication cohorts. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:3b91f04e-d0ee-474f-8a85-c9a98840e6112022-03-26T14:08:22ZA powerful approach to sub-phenotype analysis in population-based genetic association studies.Journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:3b91f04e-d0ee-474f-8a85-c9a98840e611EnglishSymplectic Elements at Oxford2010Morris, ALindgren, CZeggini, ETimpson, NFrayling, THattersley, AMcCarthy, MThe ultimate goal of genome-wide association (GWA) studies is to identify genetic variants contributing effects to complex phenotypes in order to improve our understanding of the biological architecture underlying the trait. One approach to allow us to meet this challenge is to consider more refined sub-phenotypes of disease, defined by pattern of symptoms, for example, which may be physiologically distinct, and thus may have different underlying genetic causes. The disadvantage of sub-phenotype analysis is that large disease cohorts are sub-divided into smaller case categories, thus reducing power to detect association. To address this issue, we have developed a novel test of association within a multinomial regression modeling framework, allowing for heterogeneity of genetic effects between sub-phenotypes. The modeling framework is extremely flexible, and can be generalized to any number of distinct sub-phenotypes. Simulations demonstrate the power of the multinomial regression-based analysis over existing methods when genetic effects differ between sub-phenotypes, with minimal loss of power when these effects are homogenous for the unified phenotype. Application of the multinomial regression analysis to a genome-wide association study of type 2 diabetes, with cases categorized according to body mass index, highlights previously recognized differential mechanisms underlying obese and non-obese forms of the disease, and provides evidence of a potential novel association that warrants follow-up in independent replication cohorts. |
| spellingShingle | Morris, A Lindgren, C Zeggini, E Timpson, N Frayling, T Hattersley, A McCarthy, M A powerful approach to sub-phenotype analysis in population-based genetic association studies. |
| title | A powerful approach to sub-phenotype analysis in population-based genetic association studies. |
| title_full | A powerful approach to sub-phenotype analysis in population-based genetic association studies. |
| title_fullStr | A powerful approach to sub-phenotype analysis in population-based genetic association studies. |
| title_full_unstemmed | A powerful approach to sub-phenotype analysis in population-based genetic association studies. |
| title_short | A powerful approach to sub-phenotype analysis in population-based genetic association studies. |
| title_sort | powerful approach to sub phenotype analysis in population based genetic association studies |
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