Simple formulas for gauging the potential impacts of population stratification bias

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 167, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 86-89

  Lee, Wen Chung ^a   Wang, Liang Yi ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Bias (epidemiology); Case control studies; Data interpretation, statistical; Epidemiologic methods; Genetics

Indexed keywords

DATA INTERPRETATION; DESIGN; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETICS; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; CONFOUNDING VARIABLE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; GENETICS, POPULATION; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; ODDS RATIO;

EID: 37549071382     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwm257     Document Type: Article

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