Tests for gene-environment interaction from case-control data: A novel study of type I error, power and designs

Genetic Epidemiology

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 615-626

  Mukherjee, Bhramar ^a   Ahn, Jaeil ^a   Gruber, Stephen B ^a   Rennert, Gad ^b   Moreno, Victor ^c   Chatterjee, Nilanjan ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b CARMEL MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c BELLVITGE BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE IDIBELL   (Spain)

^d NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Case only designs; Empirical bayes; Gene environment interaction; Genome wide scan; Molecular epidemiology of colorectal cancer

Indexed keywords

ARYLAMINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE M1;

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BIOSTATISTICS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC MODEL; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; POWER OF A TEST; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SYSTEMATIC ERROR; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COLON TUMOR; ENVIRONMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK; STANDARD;

BAYES THEOREM; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MODELS, GENETIC; ODDS RATIO; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 58449134949     PISSN: 07410395     EISSN: 10982272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gepi.20337     Document Type: Article

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