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Genomic summary statistics and meta-analysis for set-based gene-environment interaction tests in large-scale sequencing studies

Wang, X.; Pham, D. T.; Westerman, K. E.; Pan, C.; Manning, A. K.; Chen, H.

2022-05-10 genetic and genomic medicine
10.1101/2022.05.08.22274819 medRxiv
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We propose an efficient method to generate the summary statistics for set-based gene-environment interaction tests, as well as a meta-analysis approach that aggregates the summary statistics across different studies, which can be applied to large biobank-scale sequencing studies with related samples. Simulations showed that meta-analysis is numerically concordant with the equivalent pooled analysis using individual-level data. Moreover, meta-analysis accommodates heterogeneity between studies and enhances power in multi-ethnic studies. We applied the meta-analysis approach to the whole-exome sequencing data from the UK Biobank and successfully identified gene regions associated with waist-hip ratio, as well as those with sex-specific genetic effects.

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