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Regression diagnostics for the Class A regressive model with quantitative phenotypes
Author(s) -
Wang HsiaoMei,
Jones Michael P.,
Burns Trudy L.
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
genetic epidemiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.301
H-Index - 98
eISSN - 1098-2272
pISSN - 0741-0395
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1098-2272(1999)17:3<174::aid-gepi3>3.0.co;2-g
Subject(s) - statistics , regression analysis , regression , class (philosophy) , autoregressive model , computer science , mathematics , econometrics , artificial intelligence
Regression diagnostic methods are developed and investigated under the Class A regressive model proposed by Bonney [(1984) Am J Med Genet 18:731–749]. We call a family whose phenotypic distribution does not conform to the same genetic model as the majority of the families an etiotic family. The exact case‐deletion approach for identifying etiotic families, based on examining the changes in each model parameter estimate by excluding one family at a time, is very time‐consuming. We proposed three alternative diagnostic methods: the empirical influence function (EIF), the one‐step approximation, and the approximated one‐step approach. These methods can be computed efficiently and were incorporated into the existing software package S.A.G.E. A thorough Monte‐Carlo investigation of the performance of the diagnostic methods was conducted and generally supports the EIF approach as the recommended alternative. The phenotypic variance is the parameter whose associated regression diagnostic most frequently and correctly identified etiotic families in the models that were examined. An analysis of body mass index data from 402 individuals in 122 Muscatine, Iowa families is used to illustrate the methods. A Class A regressive model with a recessive major locus and equal mother‐offspring and father‐offspring correlations provided the best‐fitting model. The proposed regression diagnostics identified up to 7.4% of the 122 families as etiotic. As a result of this investigation, case‐deletion diagnostic assessment is now a practical component in the analysis of quantitative family data. Genet. Epidemiol. 17:174–187, 1999. © 1999 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.