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Table 5 Precision, power, and error caused by the geometric mean approximation (GMA) for different recording intervals

From: A model to estimate effects of SNPs on host susceptibility and infectivity for an endemic infectious disease

Recording interval  % infectious time

RMSE

Power

GMA errora

Susceptibility

Infectivity

Susceptibility (%)

Infectivity (%)

4.8

0.042

0.294

100.0

47.0

0.0154

9.5

0.031

0.203

100.0

65.5

0.0133

14.3

0.025

0.178

100.0

75.5

0.0115

19.0

0.022

0.147

100.0

80.5

0.0105

23.8

0.020

0.152

100.0

80.5

0.0090

28.6

0.021

0.144

100.0

83.0

0.0088

33.3

0.022

0.163

100.0

84.5

0.0088

38.1

0.023

0.141

100.0

86.0

0.0080

42.9

0.026

0.158

100.0

84.0

0.0076

47.6

0.030

0.151

100.0

88.5

0.0074

52.4

0.034

0.179

100.0

85.5

0.0061

57.1

0.037

0.193

100.0

78.5

0.0053

61.9

0.042

0.213

100.0

81.5

0.0055

66.7

0.046

0.200

100.0

80.5

0.0052

71.4

0.046

0.200

100.0

82.5

0.0052

76.2

0.055

0.220

100.0

77.0

0.0045

81.0

0.059

0.219

100.0

79.5

0.0042

85.7

0.063

0.238

100.0

77.0

0.0041

90.5

0.069

0.241

100.0

75.5

0.0037

95.2

0.071

0.263

100.0

72.0

0.0032

100.0

0.076

0.268

100.0

65.0

0.0033

104.8

0.079

0.313

100.0

73.0

0.0028

109.5

0.083

0.301

100.0

68.5

0.0030

114.3

0.088

0.278

100.0

69.0

0.0028

119.1

0.089

0.301

100.0

66.0

0.0026

123.8

0.094

0.317

100.0

60.5

0.0024

128.6

0.096

0.320

100.0

66.0

0.0022

133.3

0.099

0.322

100.0

60.0

0.0023

  1. Precision was measured by RMSE and results are averages of 200 replicates. Further inputs are in Table 2, Scenario 2
  2. a \(\hat{\varphi }_{F} - \hat{\varphi }_{{F_{corrected for GMA} }}\)