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- Title
Genome-wide association analysis by lasso penalized logistic regression.
- Authors
Tong Tong Wu; Yi Fang Chen; Trevor Hastie; Eric Sobel; Kenneth Lange
- Abstract
Motivation: In ordinary regression, imposition of a lasso penalty makes continuous model selection straightforward. Lasso penalized regression is particularly advantageous when the number of predictors far exceeds the number of observations. Method: The present article evaluates the performance of lasso penalized logistic regression in caseâcontrol disease gene mapping with a large number of SNPs (single nucleotide polymorphisms) predictors. The strength of the lasso penalty can be tuned to select a predetermined number of the most relevant SNPs and other predictors. For a given value of the tuning constant, the penalized likelihood is quickly maximized by cyclic coordinate ascent. Once the most potent marginal predictors are identified, their two-way and higher order interactions can also be examined by lasso penalized logistic regression. Results: This strategy is tested on both simulated and real data. Our findings on coeliac disease replicate the previous SNP results and shed light on possible interactions among the SNPs. Availability: The software discussed is available in Mendel 9.0 at the UCLA Human Genetics web site. Contact: klange@ucla.edu Supplementary information: Supplementary data are available at Bioinformatics online.
- Publication
Bioinformatics, 2009, Vol 25, Issue 6, p714
- ISSN
1367-4803
- Publication type
Academic Journal
- DOI
10.1093/bioinformatics/btp041