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Table 2 Mean χ2 statistics (μ-χ2) and type 1 error rates (at a nominal p) of QTDT, QTLD, and MG association tests

From: A comparative study of three methods for detecting association of quantitative traits in samples of related subjects

   

μ-χ2(SD)

p= 5%

Trait

Gene

SNP

QTDT

QTLD

QTLD_S

MG

MG_S

QTDT

QTLD_S

MG_S

A. No association and no linkage

   HDL

none

rs2521760

0.48 (0.62)

0.82 (1.00)

0.82 (1.00)

0.73 (0.85)

0.72 (0.86)

0%

1%

0%

   TG

  

0.86 (1.10)

1.00 (1.15)

0.97 (1.15)

0.64 (0.70)

0.60 (0.69)

3%

4%

1%

   TG_Rob

  

0.99 (1.28)

0.92 (1.24)

0.76 (1.03)

0.48 (0.63)

0.44 (0.62)

4%

4%

0%

B. No association and linkage

   HDL

LPL

rs17091651

1.03 (1.12)

1.36 (1.51)

1.36 (1.51)

0.93 (1.01)

0.93 (1.01)

2%

7%

3%

  

rs4244457

1.50 (1.79)

1.03 (1.36)

0.60 (0.92)

0.63 (0.79)

0.51 (0.75)

6%

1%

1%

 

CYP2B7P1/

r11083567

0.85 (0.97)

0.48 (0.63)

0.38 (0.53)

0.40 (0.51)

0.37 (0.52)

2%

0%

0%

 

CYP2B6

rs1631931

1.86 (2.02)

0.72 (1.09)

0.61 (0.85)

1.08 (1.24)

0.99 (1.19)

12%

1%

1%

   TG

LPL

rs17091651

0.70 (0.88)

0.93 (1.31)

0.88 (1.32)

0.89 (1.10)

0.83 (1.12)

1%

4%

5%

  

rs4244457

1.76 (1.86)

1.27 (1.46)

0.99 (1.32)

0.65 (1.13)

0.61 (1.12)

14%

5%

3%

 

CYP2B6

rs11083567

0.75 (0.95)

1.11 (1.22)

1.03 (1.18)

0.55 (0.77)

0.53 (0.77)

1%

3%

2%

  

rs1631931

0.93 (1.35)

1.19 (1.41)

1.10 (1.33)

0.62 (0.79)

0.61 (0.79)

6%

7%

1%

   TG_Rob

LPL

rs17091651

0.75 (0.99)

0.89 (1.22)

0.77 (1.16)

0.80 (0.89)

0.74 (0.89)

2%

3%

1%

  

rs4244457

1.52 (1.74)

0.75 (1.20)

0.66 (1.20)

0.52 (0.98)

0.49 (0.99)

9%

4%

3%

 

CYP2B6

rs11083567

0.73 (1.03)

0.66 (1.15)

0.66 (1.16)

0.5 (0.69)

0.5 (0.69)

2%

1%

0%

  

rs1631931

0.97 (1.29)

0.85 (1.04)

0.79 (0.98)

0.75 (0.93)

0.74 (0.93)

2%

2%

1%