Sample size calculations for population- and family-based case-control association studies on marker genotypes

Genetic Epidemiology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 136-148

  Pfeiffer, Ruth M ^a   Gail, Mitchell H ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Case control study; Correlated binary data; Family based case control study; Linkage disequilibrium; Power calculations; Trend test

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; FAMILIAL DISEASE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC RISK; GENOTYPE; INHERITANCE; MARKER GENE; POPULATION GENETICS; PREVALENCE; SAMPLE SIZE; SIBLING;

ALLELES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EPIDEMIOLOGIC RESEARCH DESIGN; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MODELS, STATISTICAL; SAMPLE SIZE;

GENETTA;

EID: 0042358733     PISSN: 07410395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gepi.10245     Document Type: Article

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