Leveraging LD eigenvalue regression to improve the estimation of SNP heritability and confounding inflation
Song S, Jiang W, Zhang Y, Hou L, Zhao H. Leveraging LD eigenvalue regression to improve the estimation of SNP heritability and confounding inflation. American Journal Of Human Genetics 2022, 109: 802-811. PMID: 35421325, PMCID: PMC9118121, DOI: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2022.03.013.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLinkage disequilibrium score regressionComplex traitsSingle nucleotide polymorphismsSNP heritabilityGenome-wide association studiesDisequilibrium score regressionHigh-throughput technologiesHeritable phenotypesAssociation studiesGenetic studiesCryptic relatednessLD informationScore regressionHeritabilityGenetic contributionHeritability estimationPopulation stratificationDisease mechanismsTraitsLD matrixOnly summary statisticsUK BiobankPolygenicitySummary statisticsRelatedness