Bayesian implementation of a genetic model-free approach to the meta-analysis of genetic association studies

Statistics in Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 24, 2005, Pages 3845-3861

  Minelli, Cosetta ^a   Thompson, John R ^a   Abrams, Keith R ^a   Lambert, Paul C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bayesian methods; Case control study; Genetic association studies; Meta analysis; Prior distributions; Retrospective likelihood

Indexed keywords

ARYLDIALKYLPHOSPHATASE 1; INWARDLY RECTIFYING POTASSIUM CHANNEL SUBUNIT KIR6.2;

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC MODEL; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; INHERITANCE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; METHODOLOGY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SIMULATION; WILD TYPE;

BAYES THEOREM; CLINICAL TRIALS; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MODELS, GENETIC;

EID: 30944450357     PISSN: 02776715     EISSN: 10970258     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sim.2393     Document Type: Article

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