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Genome-Wide Gene-Environment Interaction Analysis Using Set-Based Association Tests.


ABSTRACT: The identification of gene-environment interactions (G × E) may eventually guide health-related choices and medical interventions for complex diseases. More powerful methods must be developed to identify G × E. The "adaptive combination of Bayes factors method" (ADABF) has been proposed as a powerful genome-wide polygenic approach to detect G × E. In this work, we evaluate its performance when serving as a gene-based G × E test. We compare ADABF with six tests including the "Set-Based gene-EnviRonment InterAction test" (SBERIA), "gene-environment set association test" (GESAT), etc. With extensive simulations, SBERIA and ADABF are found to be more powerful than other G × E tests. However, SBERIA suffers from a power loss when 50% SNP main effects are in the same direction with the SNP × E interaction effects while 50% are in the opposite direction. We further applied these seven G × E methods to the Taiwan Biobank data to explore gene× alcohol interactions on blood pressure levels. The ADAMTS7P1 gene at chromosome 15q25.2 was detected to interact with alcohol consumption on diastolic blood pressure (p = 9.5 × 10-7, according to the GESAT test). At this gene, the P-values provided by other six tests all reached the suggestive significance level (p < 5 × 10-5). Regarding the computation time required for a genome-wide G × E analysis, SBERIA is the fastest method, followed by ADABF. Considering the validity, power performance, robustness, and computation time, ADABF is recommended for genome-wide G × E analyses.

SUBMITTER: Lin WY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6339974 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Genome-Wide Gene-Environment Interaction Analysis Using Set-Based Association Tests.

Lin Wan-Yu WY   Huang Ching-Chieh CC   Liu Yu-Li YL   Tsai Shih-Jen SJ   Kuo Po-Hsiu PH  

Frontiers in genetics 20190114


The identification of gene-environment interactions (G × E) may eventually guide health-related choices and medical interventions for complex diseases. More powerful methods must be developed to identify G × E. The "adaptive combination of Bayes factors method" (ADABF) has been proposed as a powerful genome-wide polygenic approach to detect G × E. In this work, we evaluate its performance when serving as a gene-based G × E test. We compare ADABF with six tests including the "Set-Based gene-EnviR  ...[more]

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