Table 4

Step 2 using r2 LD threshold: Summary descriptive statistics of average maximum NPL LOD scores and average IC for families with 2, 3 or 4 affected sibling and ungenotyped* parents.

2 affected sibs

3 affected sibs

4 affected sibs

Method

LD threshold

Ave # SNPs

MLS (SD)

IC

MLS (SD)

IC

MLS (SD)

IC


Unadjusted

3713

9.62 (2.75)

0.72

14.01 (3.43)

0.80

5.02 (1.95)

0.85

RE

0.7

1562

1.39 (0.98)

0.73

2.00 (1.28)

0.80

0.73 (0.70)

0.85

RE

0.5

1240

1.21 (0.90)

0.73

1.67 (1.17)

0.81

0.59 (0.63)

0.85

RE

0.3

892

0.45 (0.53)

0.73

0.66 (0.68)

0.81

0.26 (0.39)

0.85

RE

0.1

435

0.32 (0.44)

0.72

0.40 (0.49)

0.80

0.18 (0.34)

0.85

MERLINLD

0.7

562

1.35 (0.97)

0.73

1.83 (1.22)

0.80

0.62 (0.61)

0.85

MERLINLD

0.5

575

1.12 (0.96)

0.73

1.53 (1.19)

0.80

0.53 (0.59)

0.85

MERLINLD

0.3

542

0.55 (0.61)

0.74

0.77 (0.77)

0.80

0.32 (0.43)

0.85

MERLINLD

0.1

423

0.51 (0.58)

0.74

0.69 (0.70)

0.81

0.29 (0.41)

0.85

SNPLINK

0.7

2596

3.94 (1.85)

0.73

5.10 (2.11)

0.80

2.06 (1.23)

0.85

SNPLINK

0.5

2351

3.63 (1.81)

0.73

4.88 (2.09)

0.80

1.97 (1.20)

0.85

SNPLINK

0.3

2057

3.04 (1.73)

0.73

4.10 (1.95)

0.80

1.56 (1.07)

0.85

SNPLINK

0.1

1519

2.69 (1.64)

0.73

3.57 (1.87)

0.80

1.28 (0.98)

0.85


*With complete data where both parents are genotyped, the unadjusted average MLS for 2, 3 or 4 affected sibs are 0.58, 0.5 and 0.47

Cho and Dupuis BMC Genetics 2009 10:44   doi:10.1186/1471-2156-10-44

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