Abstract
We begin by arguing that the often used algorithm for the discovery and use of disease risk factors, stepwise logistic regression, is unstable. We then argue that there are other algorithms available that are much more stable and reliable (e.g. the lasso and gradient boosting). We then propose a protocol for the discovery and use of risk factors using lasso or boosting variable selection. We then illustrate the use of the protocol with a set of prostate cancer data and show that it recovers known risk factors. Finally, we use the protocol to identify new and important SNP based risk factors for prostate cancer and further seek evidence for or against the hypothesis of an anticancer function for Selenium in prostate cancer. We find that the anticancer effect may depend on the SNP-SNP interaction and, in particular, which alleles are present.
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Publisher
Nature
Date of publication
2021
Language
english
Persistent identifier
http://hdl.handle.net/10950/4003
Document Type
Article
Recommended Citation
Booth, David E.; Gopalakrishna-Remani, Venugopal; Cooper, Matthew L.; Green, Fiona R.; and Rayman, Margaret P., "Boosting and lassoing new prostate cancer SNP risk factors and their connection to selenium" (2021). Management Faculty Publications and Presentations. Paper 1.
http://hdl.handle.net/10950/4003