Covariance component models for multivariate binary traits in family data analysis

Statistics in Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1086-1105

  Yip, Benjamin H ^a   Björk, Camilla ^a   Lichtenstein, Paul ^a   Hultman, Christina M ^a,b   Pawitan, Yudi ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Comorbidity; Familial aggregation; Multivariate binary trait; Variance component

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; COMORBIDITY; COVARIANCE; DATA ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EXTENDED FAMILY; FAMILY STUDY; GENETIC TRAIT; HEREDITY; HUMAN; NUCLEAR FAMILY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHENOTYPE; RISK FACTOR; SCHIZOPHRENIA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISEASE; ENVIRONMENT; FAMILY HEALTH; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; LINEAR MODELS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SWEDEN;

EID: 40849126808     PISSN: 02776715     EISSN: 10970258     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sim.2996     Document Type: Article

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