Table 3

Quartiles of power distribution assuming uncorrelated phenotypes

Explained variance

p-value threshold

Population

1st Quartile

Median

3rd Quartile

2%

1 × 10^-5

KORA₉₇₇

6.78

37.02

49.19

2%

1 × 10^-5

Sorbs₉₇₇

6.31

36.51

49.34

2%

1 × 10^-5

KORA₅₃₂

1.15

7.85

11.52

2%

1 × 10^-5

Sorbs₅₃₂

1.13

7.88

11.65

5%

1 × 10^-7

KORA₉₇₇

25.01

88.8

95.81

5%

1 × 10^-7

Sorbs₉₇₇

23.14

88.37

95.87

5%

1 × 10^-7

KORA₅₃₂

2.73

30.07

43.41

5%

1 × 10^-7

Sorbs₅₃₂

2.66

30.17

43.85

Quartiles of the power distribution in percent for an explained variance of 2% with a p-value threshold of 1 × 10^-5 and of 5% with a p-value threshold of 1 × 10^-7, respectively.

Gross et al. BMC Genetics 2011 12:67   doi:10.1186/1471-2156-12-67