Abstract
Methylation data, similar to other omics data, is susceptible to various technical issues that are potentially associated with unexplained or unrelated factors. Any difference in the measurement of DNA methylation, such as laboratory operation and sequencing platform, may lead to batch effects. With the accumulation of large-scale omics data, scientists are making joint efforts to generate and analyze omics data to answer various scientific questions. However, batch effects are inevitable in practice, and careful adjustment is needed. Multiple statistical methods for controlling bias and inflation between batches have been developed either by correcting based on known batch factors or by estimating directly from the output data. In this chapter, we will review and demonstrate several popular methods for batch effect correction and make practical recommendations in epigenome-wide association studies (EWAS).
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Jiang, Y., Chen, J., Chen, W. (2022). Controlling Batch Effect in Epigenome-Wide Association Study. In: Guan, W. (eds) Epigenome-Wide Association Studies. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 2432. Humana, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-1994-0_6
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