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Table 4 Empirical power at the 0.05 significance level for Ω0 + I + II in the homogenous population

From: Rare variant association analysis in case-parents studies by allowing for missing parental genotypes

 

Causal variants have different effects with the same direction

Causal variants have opposite effects

Non-causal variants

Sample size (N)a

\( {TDT}_{\mathrm{BRV}} \)

\( {\tilde{Z}}_C \)

\( {TDT}_{\mathrm{BRV}} \)

\( {\tilde{Z}}_C \)

80%

N0

0.602

0.408

0.226

0.140

+ \( \frac{1}{10} \) N0

0.709(17.8%)

0.560(37.3%)

0.271(19.9%)

0.224(60.0%)

+ \( \frac{1}{5} \) N0

0.740(22.9%)

0.668(63.7%)

0.282(24.8%)

0.250(78.6%)

+ \( \frac{1}{2} \) N0

0.778(29.2%)

0.749(83.6%)

0.311(37.6%)

0.304(117%)

60%

N0

0.828

0.776

0.364

0.164

+ \( \frac{1}{10} \) N0

0.930(12.3%)

0.918(18.3%)

0.456(25.3%)

0.302(84.1%)

+ \( \frac{1}{5} \) N0

0.949(14.6%)

0.941(21.3%)

0.490(34.6%)

0.410(150%)

+ \( \frac{1}{2} \) N0

0.971(17.3%)

0.972(25.3%)

0.581(59.6%)

0.551(236%)

40%

N0

1.00

0.982

0.264

0.178

+ \( \frac{1}{10} \) N0

1.00

1.00

0.279(5.7%)

0.230(29.2%)

+ \( \frac{1}{5} \) N0

1.00

1.00

0.308(16.7%)

0.290(62.9%)

+ \( \frac{1}{2} \) N0

1.00

1.00

0.345(30.7%)

0.340(91.0%)

20%

N0

1.00

1.00

0.278

0.166

+ \( \frac{1}{10} \) N0

1.00

1.00

0.292(5.04%)

0.210(26.5%)

+ \( \frac{1}{5} \) N0

1.00

1.00

0.315(13.3%)

0.260(56.6%)

+ \( \frac{1}{2} \) N0

1.00

1.00

0.370(33.1%)

0.321(93.3%)

  1. Note: aThe sample size N = N0++NI + NII, denoted by + \( \frac{1}{10} \) N0, + \( \frac{1}{5} \) N0, and + \( \frac{1}{2} \) N0, where there are N0 (=500) complete case-parents trios (Ω0) and NI case-parents trios of ΩI and NII case-parents trios of ΩII with NI = NII = \( \frac{1}{20} \) N0, \( \frac{1}{10} \) N0, and \( \frac{1}{4} \) N0, respectively. Shown in parentheses is the proportion of power improvement