Table 2

Contingency table underlying the guilt-by-association algorithm

Disease Associated?
Number of Connections
% Disease-associated genes among interactors





≤ 75
> 75

Yes
≤ 12
3,112
1,907

> 12
481
651

No
≤ 12
7,853
705

> 12
229
112

Number of disease- and non-disease-associated genes by thresholds on number of connections and percentage of disease-associated genes among interactors. The thresholds are obtained from exploring disease-associated genes and correspond to the average number of connections (12) among disease-associated genes and the average proportion of disease-associated genes (75%) among their interactors. The 112 non-disease-associated genes (bottom right cell) form the basis of the newly reported disease-associated genes [see Additional file 2].

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