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Table 2 Comparison of WNA and COX in prospective cohort studies

From: A non-parametric approach for detecting gene-gene interactions associated with age-at-onset outcomes

Disease models

 

Two Causal SNP

+ 2 Noise SNPs

+5 Noise SNPs

+ 8 Noise SNPs

WNA

COX

WNA

COX

WNA

COX

WNA

COX

Model 1: PH; Linear

θ = 3

         

β1 = 0.15

Power:

0.702

0.738

0.641

0.660

0.596

0.532

0.567

0.427

β2 = 0.15

Sensitivity:

0.736

0.924

0.686

0.926

0.633

0.906

0.587

0.906

β12 = 0.15

Specificity

--

--

0.967

0.966

0.942

0.904

0.932

0.847

Model 2: PH; non-linear

 

Power:

0.802

0.623

0.731

0.513

0.687

0.386

0.661

0.297

θ = 3

Sensitivity:

0.781

0.818

0.730

0.810

0.681

0.810

0.647

0.810

β = 0.6

Specificity

--

--

0.975

0.970

0.956

0.905

0.940

0.869

Model 3: Non-PH

θ

 

AA

Aa

aa

         

BB

3

2.5

2.5

Power:

0.932

0.733

0.910

0.652

0.903

0.522

0.891

0.428

Bb

3

2

2

Sensitivity:

0.611

0.778

0.588

0.786

0.573

0.786

0.556

0.786

bb

3

2

2

Specificity

--

--

0.987

0.963

0.974

0.903

0.965

0.843

Model 4: Non-PH

θ

 

AA

Aa

aa

         

BB

3

3

1

Power:

0.989

0.508

0.979

0.420

0.971

0.304

0.958

0.232

Bb

3

3

1

Sensitivity:

0.916

0.769

0.851

0.773

0.779

0.773

0.737

0.769

  

bb

1

1

0.5

Specificity

--

--

0.897

0.860

0.836

0.799

0.802

0.739