Table 3 Change of the power with λ for four different methods when the distributions are Beta ( s 1  + δ , s 2  − δ ) and Beta (5 s 1  − δ , 5 s 2  + δ ) for the case and control groups; δ takes the values of -3λ, -2λ, -λ, 0.5λ, λ , and 1.5λ for the six age groups and s 1  = s 2  = 4
From: Age-adjusted nonparametric detection of differential DNA methylation with case-control designs
λ | Combined t-test | Linear regression | Combined Wilcoxon | Combined BWS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
0 | 0.056 | 0.053 | 0.073 | 0.669 |
0.05 | 0.075 | 0.057 | 0.094 | 0.703 |
0.1 | 0.182 | 0.087 | 0.200 | 0.832 |
0.15 | 0.402 | 0.141 | 0.412 | 0.939 |
0.2 | 0.701 | 0.212 | 0.687 | 0.988 |
0.25 | 0.911 | 0.298 | 0.893 | 0.999 |