Analysis of Schizophrenia Data Using A Nonlinear Threshold Index Logistic Model

Genetic information, such as single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) data, has been widely recognized as useful in prediction of disease risk. However, how to model the genetic data that is often categorical in disease class prediction is complex and challenging. In this paper, we propose a novel class...

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Main Authors: Jiang, Z., Du, C., Jablensky, A., Liang, H., Lu, Z., Ma, Y., Teo, Kok Lay
Format: Journal Article
Published: PLOS 2014
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/4219
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author Jiang, Z.
Du, C.
Jablensky, A.
Liang, H.
Lu, Z.
Ma, Y.
Teo, Kok Lay
author_facet Jiang, Z.
Du, C.
Jablensky, A.
Liang, H.
Lu, Z.
Ma, Y.
Teo, Kok Lay
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description Genetic information, such as single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) data, has been widely recognized as useful in prediction of disease risk. However, how to model the genetic data that is often categorical in disease class prediction is complex and challenging. In this paper, we propose a novel class of nonlinear threshold index logistic models to deal with the complex, nonlinear effects of categorical/discrete SNP covariates for Schizophrenia class prediction. A maximum likelihood methodology is suggested to estimate the unknown parameters in the models. Simulation studies demonstrate that the proposed methodology works viably well for moderate-size samples. The suggested approach is therefore applied to the analysis of the Schizophrenia classification by using a real set of SNP data from Western Australian Family Study of Schizophrenia (WAFSS). Our empirical findings provide evidence that the proposed nonlinear models well outperform the widely used linear and tree based logistic regression models in class prediction of schizophrenia risk with SNP data in terms of both Types I/II error rates and ROC curves.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-42192017-09-13T14:44:36Z Analysis of Schizophrenia Data Using A Nonlinear Threshold Index Logistic Model Jiang, Z. Du, C. Jablensky, A. Liang, H. Lu, Z. Ma, Y. Teo, Kok Lay Genetic information, such as single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) data, has been widely recognized as useful in prediction of disease risk. However, how to model the genetic data that is often categorical in disease class prediction is complex and challenging. In this paper, we propose a novel class of nonlinear threshold index logistic models to deal with the complex, nonlinear effects of categorical/discrete SNP covariates for Schizophrenia class prediction. A maximum likelihood methodology is suggested to estimate the unknown parameters in the models. Simulation studies demonstrate that the proposed methodology works viably well for moderate-size samples. The suggested approach is therefore applied to the analysis of the Schizophrenia classification by using a real set of SNP data from Western Australian Family Study of Schizophrenia (WAFSS). Our empirical findings provide evidence that the proposed nonlinear models well outperform the widely used linear and tree based logistic regression models in class prediction of schizophrenia risk with SNP data in terms of both Types I/II error rates and ROC curves. 2014 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/4219 10.1371/journal.pone.0109454 PLOS fulltext
spellingShingle Jiang, Z.
Du, C.
Jablensky, A.
Liang, H.
Lu, Z.
Ma, Y.
Teo, Kok Lay
Analysis of Schizophrenia Data Using A Nonlinear Threshold Index Logistic Model
title Analysis of Schizophrenia Data Using A Nonlinear Threshold Index Logistic Model
title_full Analysis of Schizophrenia Data Using A Nonlinear Threshold Index Logistic Model
title_fullStr Analysis of Schizophrenia Data Using A Nonlinear Threshold Index Logistic Model
title_full_unstemmed Analysis of Schizophrenia Data Using A Nonlinear Threshold Index Logistic Model
title_short Analysis of Schizophrenia Data Using A Nonlinear Threshold Index Logistic Model
title_sort analysis of schizophrenia data using a nonlinear threshold index logistic model
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/4219