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Bayesian modelling of multivariate quantitative traits using seemingly unrelated regressions

✍ Scribed by Claudio J. Verzilli; Nigel Stallard; John C. Whittaker

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2005
Tongue
English
Weight
171 KB
Volume
28
Category
Article
ISSN
0741-0395

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Abstract

We investigate a Bayesian approach to modelling the statistical association between markers at multiple loci and multivariate quantitative traits. In particular, we describe the use of Bayesian Seemingly Unrelated Regressions (SUR) whereby genotypes at the different loci are allowed to have non‐simultaneous effects on the phenotypes considered with residuals from each regression assumed correlated. We present results from simulations showing that, under rather general conditions that are likely to hold in real situations, the Bayesian SUR approach has increased probability of selecting the true model compared to univariate analyses. Finally, we apply our methods to data from subjects genotyped for 12 SNPs in the apolipoprotein E (APOE) gene. Phenotypes relate to response to treatment with atorvastatin and include changes in total cholesterol, low‐density lipoprotein cholesterol, and triglycerides. Missing genotype data are naturally accommodated in our Bayesian framework by imputing them using a nested haplotype phasing algorithm. Genet. Epidemiol. © 2005 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.

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