Improper adjustment for baseline in genetic association studies of change in phenotype

Human Heredity

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 176-182

  McArdle, P F ^a   Whitcomb, B W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Bias; Cold pressor test; DAG; Regression; Vasoconstriction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; COLD PRESSOR TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE REPLICATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC TRAIT; GENOTYPE; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT ERROR; PHENOTYPE; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; SIMULATION;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); BLOOD PRESSURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; MODELS, GENETIC; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 57449102214     PISSN: 00015652     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000181156     Document Type: Article

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