Table 1.
Genome-wide Burden of Genes Intersected by Rare CNVs in a Combined Sample of 2,147 European ASD Affected Subjects and 2,640 European Control Subjects
Type | Group Size | No. of Rare Genic CNVs | No. of Genes Intersected by Rare CNVs | Baseline Gene Rate (Control)a | Case-Control Gene Ratio | pcorrb |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All | all | 6,859 | 6,745 | 3.55 | 1.41 | 0.00001∗ |
Deletions | all | 2,946 | 2,804 | 1.23 | 1.40 | 0.00049∗ |
Duplications | all | 3,913 | 5,217 | 2.32 | 1.41 | 0.00001∗ |
All | 30–500 kb | 6,307 | 5,163 | 2.89 | 1.07 | 0.03628∗ |
>500 kb | 552 | 2,491 | 0.66 | 2.88 | 0.00001∗ | |
>1 Mb | 187 | 1,337 | 0.26 | 4.48 | 0.00001∗ | |
Deletions | 30–500 kb | 2,795 | 2,014 | 1.07 | 1.07 | 0.20110 |
>500 kb | 151 | 947 | 0.16 | 3.60 | 0.00051∗ | |
>1 Mb | 63 | 647 | 0.08 | 4.58 | 0.02289∗ | |
Duplications | 30–500 kb | 3,512 | 3,934 | 1.83 | 1.08 | 0.03750∗ |
>500 kb | 401 | 1,896 | 0.50 | 2.64 | 0.00026∗ | |
>1 Mb | 124 | 890 | 0.18 | 4.43 | 0.00036∗ |
Rare CNVs in samples of European ancestry were defined as ≥30 kb in size and present in the total sample set at a frequency < 1%. Gene coordinates were defined by the RefSeq boundaries plus a 10 kb region on either side. All genomic analyses used UCSC Genome Browser hg18. ∗Significant differences (p ≤ 0.05) are indicated.
The baseline gene rate (control) is defined as the average number of genes intersected by CNVs per control subject.
Genome-wide p values were estimated in 100,000 permutations (one sided) and additionally corrected (pcorr) for global case-control differences in CNV rate and size. Analyses were further stratified according to CNV type (deletions or duplications) and size.