Table 6

Results from high-fat diet experiment


Joint Bayesian model
Hwang et al.'s method



Rules
q
R(q)
O11
O1+
O+1
CI95
DE
nonDE

Max
0.02
3.83
49
1,893
85
2.72-4.68
3,746
8,742
Double
0.07
2.04
226
3,059
452
1.90-2.21
3,746
8,742

The joint model returns R(qmax) = 3.83 with an associated credibility interval [3.17-4.44]. The conditional model shows the same results (data not reported). The R(q2) is 2.04 and the CI is 1.90-2.21. The procedure indicates clearly a significant association between the two lists. Hwang et al.'s method calls 3,746 genes as differentially expressed (DE). All the genes called by our method are included in their list.

Blangiardo and Richardson Genome Biology 2007 8:R54   doi:10.1186/gb-2007-8-4-r54