Genetic association of TMPRSS2 rs2070788 polymorphism with COVID-19 case fatality rate among Indian populations

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    Table 1: Rigor

    Ethicsnot detected.
    Sex as a biological variablenot detected.
    Randomizationnot detected.
    Blindingnot detected.
    Power Analysisnot detected.
    Cell Line AuthenticationAuthentication: The regression plots for statewise allele frequency Vs the CFR were constructed using https://www.graphpad.com/quickcalcs/linear1/ and further validated by the Microsoft excel regression calculations.

    Table 2: Resources

    Software and Algorithms
    SentencesResources
    PLINK 1.9 was used to extract sequences from the dataset for different populations (14).
    PLINK
    suggested: (PLINK, RRID:SCR_001757)
    Network v5 and network publisher were employed to draw the median-joining network while total and prevalent haplotypes in TMPRSS2 gene for each population were calculated using XML file generated through Arlequin 3.5 (18,20).
    Arlequin
    suggested: (ARLEQUIN, RRID:SCR_009051)
    The regression plots for statewise allele frequency Vs the CFR were constructed using https://www.graphpad.com/quickcalcs/linear1/ and further validated by the Microsoft excel regression calculations.
    Microsoft excel
    suggested: (Microsoft Excel, RRID:SCR_016137)
    We also performed Pearson’s correlation coefficient test (48) at a 95 percent confidence interval and 1,000 bootstrapping (2,000,000 seeds) for a two-tailed significance test to verify our results by using, SPSS (ver 26).
    SPSS
    suggested: (SPSS, RRID:SCR_002865)
    The LD map and aggregate frequency of haplotypes carrying rs2070788 (G allele) were calculated for each of the populations by Haploview (49).
    Haploview
    suggested: (Haploview, RRID:SCR_003076)

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    Results from LimitationRecognizer: An explicit section about the limitations of the techniques employed in this study was not found. We encourage authors to address study limitations.

    Results from TrialIdentifier: No clinical trial numbers were referenced.


    Results from Barzooka: We did not find any issues relating to the usage of bar graphs.


    Results from JetFighter: We did not find any issues relating to colormaps.


    Results from rtransparent:
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    • No protocol registration statement was detected.

    Results from scite Reference Check: We found no unreliable references.


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