A multiple testing correction method for genetic association studies using correlated single nucleotide polymorphisms

Genetic Epidemiology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 361-369

  Gao, Xiaoyi ^a   Starmer, Joshua ^b,c   Martin, Eden R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Composite linkage disequilibrium; Eigenvalues; Multiple testing correction; Principal component analysis; Single nucleotide polymorphism

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC MARKER; GENOME ANALYSIS; SIMULATION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BIOMETRY; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DATABASES, GENETIC; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; GENETIC TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MODELS, GENETIC; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

EID: 43249090541     PISSN: 07410395     EISSN: 10982272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gepi.20310     Document Type: Article

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