期刊
MOLECULAR PSYCHIATRY
卷 17, 期 1, 页码 108-114出版社
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/mp.2010.117
关键词
GWAS; large-scale data; multiple testing; sample size calculator; simultaneous inference; statistical power
资金
- Consortium on the Genetics of Schizophrenia [R01MH086135, R01MH065571, R01MH065554, R01MH065707, R01MH065578, R01MH065558]
- Department of Veterans Affairs [RC2HL101748, R01DA023063, R01MH073914, R01MH083972]
- Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Center [VISN-21, 478]
Advances in high-throughput biology and computer science are driving an exponential increase in the number of hypothesis tests in genomics and other scientific disciplines. Studies using current genotyping platforms frequently include a million or more tests. In addition to the monetary cost, this increase imposes a statistical cost owing to the multiple testing corrections needed to avoid large numbers of false-positive results. To safeguard against the resulting loss of power, some have suggested sample sizes on the order of tens of thousands that can be impractical for many diseases or may lower the quality of phenotypic measurements. This study examines the relationship between the number of tests on the one hand and power, detectable effect size or required sample size on the other. We show that once the number of tests is large, power can be maintained at a constant level, with comparatively small increases in the effect size or sample size. For example at the 0.05 significance level, a 13% increase in sample size is needed to maintain 80% power for ten million tests compared with one million tests, whereas a 70% increase in sample size is needed for 10 tests compared with a single test. Relative costs are less when measured by increases in the detectable effect size. We provide an interactive Excel calculator to compute power, effect size or sample size when comparing study designs or genome platforms involving different numbers of hypothesis tests. The results are reassuring in an era of extreme multiple testing. Molecular Psychiatry (2012) 17, 108-114; doi:10.1038/mp.2010.117; published online 9 November 2010
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