EMK: a novel program for family-based allelic and genotypic association tests on quantitative traits. Export

@article{citeulike:2665333, abstract = {The QTDT program is a widely-used program for analyzing quantitative trait data, but the methods mainly test allelic association. Since the genotype of a marker is a direct observation for an individual, it is of interest to assess association at the genotypic level. In this study, we extended the allele-based association method developed by Monks and Kaplan (MK method) to genotype-based association tests for quantitative traits. We implemented a novel extended MK (EMK) program that can perform both allele- and genotype- based association tests in any pedigree structure. To evaluate the performance of EMK, we utilized simulated pedigree data and real data from our previous report of GSTO1 and GSTO2 genes in Alzheimer disease (AD). Both allele- and genotype-based EMK methods (allele-EMK and geno-EMK) showed correct type I error for various pedigree structures and admixture populations. The geno-EMK method showed comparable power to the allele-EMK test. By treating age-at-onset (AAO) as a quantitative trait, the EMK program was able to detect significant associations for rs4925 in GSTO1 (P= 0.006 for allele-EMK and P= 0.009 for geno-EMK), and rs2297235 in GSTO2 (P= 0.005 for allele-EMK and P= 0.009 for geno-EMK), which are consistent with our previous findings.}, author = {Li, Y. W. and Martin, E. R. and Li, Y. J.}, citeulike-article-id = {2665333}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-1809.2008.00432.x}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/bsc/ahg/2008/00000072/00000003/art00011}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18307576}, citeulike-linkout-3 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=18307576}, doi = {10.1111/j.1469-1809.2008.00432.x}, issn = {0003-4800}, journal = {Annals of human genetics}, keywords = {assoc, humgen, qtl, silico, stat}, month = {May}, number = {Pt 3}, pages = {388--396}, posted-at = {2009-07-01 15:19:23}, priority = {2}, publisher = {Blackwell Publishing}, title = {EMK: a novel program for family-based allelic and genotypic association tests on quantitative traits.}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-1809.2008.00432.x}, volume = {72}, year = {2008} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:2665333 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2665333 N2 - The QTDT program is a widely-used program for analyzing quantitative trait data, but the methods mainly test allelic association. Since the genotype of a marker is a direct observation for an individual, it is of interest to assess association at the genotypic level. In this study, we extended the allele-based association method developed by Monks and Kaplan (MK method) to genotype-based association tests for quantitative traits. We implemented a novel extended MK (EMK) program that can perform both allele- and genotype- based association tests in any pedigree structure. To evaluate the performance of EMK, we utilized simulated pedigree data and real data from our previous report of GSTO1 and GSTO2 genes in Alzheimer disease (AD). Both allele- and genotype-based EMK methods (allele-EMK and geno-EMK) showed correct type I error for various pedigree structures and admixture populations. The geno-EMK method showed comparable power to the allele-EMK test. By treating age-at-onset (AAO) as a quantitative trait, the EMK program was able to detect significant associations for rs4925 in GSTO1 (P= 0.006 for allele-EMK and P= 0.009 for geno-EMK), and rs2297235 in GSTO2 (P= 0.005 for allele-EMK and P= 0.009 for geno-EMK), which are consistent with our previous findings. IS - Pt 3 JF - Annals of human genetics SN - 0003-4800 EP - 396 TI - EMK: a novel program for family-based allelic and genotypic association tests on quantitative traits. PB - Blackwell Publishing VL - 72 SP - 388 KW - assoc KW - humgen KW - qtl KW - silico KW - stat AU - Li, YW AU - Martin, ER AU - Li, YJ PY - 2008/05// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-1809.2008.00432.x ER -