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Evaluation of logistic regression models and effect of covariates for case–control study in RNA-Seq analysis

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Title
Evaluation of logistic regression models and effect of covariates for case–control study in RNA-Seq analysis
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BMC Bioinformatics, February 2017
DOI 10.1186/s12859-017-1498-y
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Seung Hoan Choi, Adam T. Labadorf, Richard H. Myers, Kathryn L. Lunetta, Josée Dupuis, Anita L. DeStefano

Abstract

Next generation sequencing provides a count of RNA molecules in the form of short reads, yielding discrete, often highly non-normally distributed gene expression measurements. Although Negative Binomial (NB) regression has been generally accepted in the analysis of RNA sequencing (RNA-Seq) data, its appropriateness has not been exhaustively evaluated. We explore logistic regression as an alternative method for RNA-Seq studies designed to compare cases and controls, where disease status is modeled as a function of RNA-Seq reads using simulated and Huntington disease data. We evaluate the effect of adjusting for covariates that have an unknown relationship with gene expression. Finally, we incorporate the data adaptive method in order to compare false positive rates. When the sample size is small or the expression levels of a gene are highly dispersed, the NB regression shows inflated Type-I error rates but the Classical logistic and Bayes logistic (BL) regressions are conservative. Firth's logistic (FL) regression performs well or is slightly conservative. Large sample size and low dispersion generally make Type-I error rates of all methods close to nominal alpha levels of 0.05 and 0.01. However, Type-I error rates are controlled after applying the data adaptive method. The NB, BL, and FL regressions gain increased power with large sample size, large log2 fold-change, and low dispersion. The FL regression has comparable power to NB regression. We conclude that implementing the data adaptive method appropriately controls Type-I error rates in RNA-Seq analysis. Firth's logistic regression provides a concise statistical inference process and reduces spurious associations from inaccurately estimated dispersion parameters in the negative binomial framework.

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Country Count As %
Czechia 1 2%
Italy 1 2%
Unknown 64 97%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 15 23%
Researcher 15 23%
Student > Master 12 18%
Student > Postgraduate 5 8%
Student > Bachelor 3 5%
Other 7 11%
Unknown 9 14%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 17 26%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 16 24%
Computer Science 5 8%
Medicine and Dentistry 5 8%
Neuroscience 3 5%
Other 7 11%
Unknown 13 20%
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