Parameters used in the simulation study

Disease allele frequency       P(A1)

0.3, 0.5

Single Marker allele frequency  P(M1)

0.3, 0.5

Two-locus haplotype frequencies (PM1N1,PM1N2,PM2N1,PM2N2)

(0.3, 0.2, 0.1, 0.4)

GRR2 (=P(affected| A1A1)/ P(affected| A2A2)*

0.15, 0.20

Disease prevalence

0.1

Number of families simulated                             

200, 500

Number of iterations                                            

10,000

*GRR2: the homozygous genotypic risk ratio

Table 6: Parameters used in the simulation study