Univariate analysis of dichotomous or ordinal data from twin pairs: A simulation study comparing structural equation modeling and logistic regression

Genetic Epidemiology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 79-90

  Ramakrishnan, Viswanathan ^a,b   Meyer, Joanne M ^c   Goldberg, Jack ^a,b   Henderson, William G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

genetic modeling; statistical methods; twins

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC MODEL; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PHENOTYPE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; TWINS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ENVIRONMENT; HUMANS; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MODELS, GENETIC; PHENOTYPE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TWIN STUDIES; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0029978251     PISSN: 07410395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2272(1996)13:1<79::AID-GEPI7>3.0.CO;2-1     Document Type: Article

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