@inproceedings{4de8bee74e014e7a915684121088da48,
title = "Combining Meta- and mega-analytic approaches for multi-site diffusion imaging based genetic studies: From the enigma-DTI working group",
abstract = "Meta-analyses estimate a statistical effect size for a test or an analysis by combining results from multiple studies without necessarily having access to each individual study's raw data. Multi-site meta-analysis is crucial for imaging genetics, as single sites rarely have a sample size large enough to pick up effects of single genetic variants associated with brain measures. However, if raw data can be shared, combining data in a {"}mega-analysis{"} is thought to improve power and precision in estimating global effects. As part of an ENIGMA-DTI investigation, we use fractional anisotropy (FA) maps from 5 studies (total N=2, 203 subjects, aged 9-85) to estimate heritability. We combine the studies through meta-and mega-analyses as well as a mixture of the two - combining some cohorts with mega-analysis and meta-analyzing the results with those of the remaining sites. A combination of mega-and meta-approaches may boost power compared to meta-analysis alone.",
keywords = "DTI, ENIGMA, Heritability, Imaging genetics, Mega-analysis, Meta-analysis, Multi-site",
author = "Neda Jahanshad and Peter Kochunov and Nichols, \{Thomas E.\} and Emma Sprooten and Mandl, \{Ren{\'e} C.\} and Almasy, \{Laura A\} and Brouwer, \{Rachel M.\} and Curran, \{Joanne E\} and \{De Zubicaray\}, \{Greig I.\} and Rali Dimitrova and Fox, \{Peter T.\} and Hong, \{L. Elliot\} and Landman, \{Bennett A.\} and Herv{\'e} Lemaitre and Lorna Lopez and Martin, \{Nicholas G.\} and McMahon, \{Katie L.\} and Mitchell, \{Braxton D.\} and Olvera, \{Rene L.\} and Peterson, \{Charles P.\} and Sussmann, \{Jessika E.\} and Toga, \{Arthur W.\} and Wardlaw, \{Joanna M.\} and Wright, \{Margaret J.\} and Wright, \{Susan N.\} and Bastin, \{Mark E.\} and McIntosh, \{Andrew M.\} and Boomsma, \{Dorret I.\} and Kahn, \{Ren{\'e} S.\} and \{Den Braber\}, Anouk and Deary, \{Ian J.\} and Pol, \{Hilleke E.Hulshoff\} and Williamson, \{Douglas E\} and Blangero, \{John C\} and \{Van't Ent\}, Dennis and Glahn, \{David C.\} and Thompson, \{Paul M.\}",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2014 IEEE.; 2014 IEEE 11th International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging, ISBI 2014 ; Conference date: 29-04-2014 Through 02-05-2014",
year = "2014",
month = jul,
day = "29",
doi = "10.1109/isbi.2014.6868099",
language = "English (US)",
series = "2014 IEEE 11th International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging, ISBI 2014",
publisher = "Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.",
pages = "1234--1238",
booktitle = "2014 IEEE 11th International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging, ISBI 2014",
address = "United States",
}