Power for genetic association study of human longevity using the case-control design

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 168, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 890-896

  Tan, Qihua ^a,b   Zhao, Jing Hua ^c   Zhang, Dongfeng ^d   Kruse, Torben A ^a   Christensen, Kaare ^b  

^a ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d QINGDAO UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

Author keywords

Association; Case control studies; Computer simulation; Genetics; Longevity

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; LIFE TABLE; LONGEVITY;

AGED; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DENMARK; DOMINANT INHERITANCE; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; LIFE TABLE; LIFESPAN; LONGEVITY; MALE; PHENOTYPE; RECESSIVE INHERITANCE; SAMPLE SIZE; SURVIVAL TIME;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGEVITY; MALE;

EID: 53749092728     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwn205     Document Type: Article

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