Revisiting the genome-wide significance threshold for common variant GWAS
Chen Z, Boehnke M, Wen X, Mukherjee B. Revisiting the genome-wide significance threshold for common variant GWAS. G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics 2021, 11: jkaa056. PMID: 33585870, PMCID: PMC8022962, DOI: 10.1093/g3journal/jkaa056.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGenome-wide significance thresholdP-value thresholdGWAS meta-analysesMeta-analysis consortiumExcessive false positive ratesSignificance thresholdGene set enrichmentBenjamini-Yekutieli procedureModest-sized studiesFDR-controlling proceduresGlobal lipidsMeta-analysesPathway analysisGWASReplication studyP-valueIncreased discoveryMultiple testing strategiesSample sizePositive discoveriesBenjamini-HochbergLipid levelsTesting strategiesDownstream workFDR