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 |