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Table 1 Comparing sensitivity and specificity to coverage achieved for three sets of multiplexes

From: Population-based rare variant detection via pooled exome or custom hybridization capture with or without individual indexing

 

All allele frequencies

≤5% MAF

2% MAF(4 alleles in pool)

0.5% MAF(1 allele in pool)

Size Multiplex

Coverage

Percent of Bases, average (SD)

Homozygous wild type sites

Heterozygous sites

Homozygous variant sites

Sensitivity average (SD)

Specificity, average (SD)

Homozygous wild-type sites

Heterozygous sites

Homozygous variant sites

Sensitivity (avg)

Specificity (avg)

Heterozygous sites

Sensitivity (avg)

Specificity (avg)

Heterozygous sites

Sensitivity (avg)

Specificity (avg)

22-24

≥3

84.4(1.29)

229483

39100

24855

95.02(1.42)

99.82(0.14)

172205

2057

20

92.49

99.98

656

91.6

99.98

127

88.3

99.99

 

≥5

84.6(1.75)

221031

37332

23810

96.75(1.23)

99.82(0.14)

166050

1961

19

95.30

99.98

624

94.9

99.99

119

90.2

99.99

 

≥10

75.0(2.65)

201268

33626

21451

98.22(0.98)

99.86(0.13)

151395

1768

17

97.42

99.98

563

96.6

99.99

111

93.8

100

 

≥15

67.1(3.57)

182332

30279

19510

98.60(0.93)

99.88(0.12)

137327

1579

17

98.50

99.98

507

98.0

99.99

100

96.0

100

 

≥20

59.8(4.51)

163986

27202

17643

98.94(0.83)

99.89(0.12)

123572

1418

14

98.81

99.98

460

98.7

100

90

95.6

100

48

≥3

89.0(2.30)

239300

39218

26310

95.80(1.42)

99.90(0.08)

187077

2109

25

92.97

99.97

651

92.9

99.99

131

94.7

100

 

≥5

84.1(3.14)

230685

37434

25232

96.43(0.95)

99.91(0.08)

179900

1997

25

95.95

99.97

619

95.8

99.99

125

96.8

100

 

≥10

74.8(4.54)

209960

33448

22739

98.96(0.51)

99.94(0.07)

163128

1805

22

98.30

99.97

566

98.4

99.99

111

100

100

 

≥15

67.1(5.79)

190652

30010

20491

99.33(0.42)

99.95(0.07)

147843

1630

19

98.85

99.97

517

99.0

99.99

100

100

100

 

≥20

60.3(6.98)

172373

26937

18505

99.60(0.37)

99.96(0.06)

133259

1449

18

99.05

99.97

467

99.6

100

88

100

100

30-32

≥3

89.2(2.55)

245952

40732

26487

96.52(1.08)

99.97(0.03)

184498

1903

16

93.54

99.97

664

95.6

99.98

102

97.1

99.99

 

≥5

84.4(3.49)

235796

38696

25251

98.23(0.69)

99.97(0.03)

177279

1809

16

96.33

99.97

644

97.1

99.99

102

97.1

100

 

≥10

74.8(5.35)

212716

34440

22505

99.43(0.40)

99.97(0.03)

160352

1600

14

98.88

99.97

567

99.1

99.99

99

96.8

100

 

≥15

66.8(7.25)

192642

30957

20272

99.80(0.19)

99.98(0.03)

145504

1403

12

99.58

99.98

497

99.4

100

82

97.6

100

 

≥20

59.5(9.08)

173212

27775

18237

99.90(0.15)

99.98(0.03)

130959

1260

10

99.76

99.98

448

99.6

100

72

98.8

100

  1. The percent of bases in the targeted intervals that reached the specified coverage threshold is listed. Homozygous wild type, heterozygous, and homozygous variant sites surveyed indicates the number of each of those positions as seen by the Illumina Omni 2.5-8 array that were used to determine sensitivity and specificity. Sensitivity is the percentage of heterozygous and homozygous variant sites correctly called heterozygous and homozygous variant, respectively. Specificity is the percentage of homozygous wild type sites called as homozygous wild type. For “All allele frequencies” these values were averaged among all non-excluded samples. For ≤5%, 2% and 0.5% minor allele frequencies, these values were determined from the cumulative metrics of all non-excluded samples at sites with 9 or fewer, 4 or fewer, or 1 variant allele in the entire pool, respectively.