Detecting SNP-expression associations: A comparison of mutual information and median test with standard statistical approaches

Statistics in Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 29, 2009, Pages 3581-3596

  Szymczak, S ^a   Igl, B W ^a,b   Ziegler, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^b BAYER PHARMA AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Gene expression; Genetic association; Median test; Mutual information

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE A1 RECEPTOR; ADRENOMEDULLIN; CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE INHIBITOR 2A; CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE INHIBITOR 2B; FC RECEPTOR; FC RECEPTOR IIIB; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 9P; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE MAP; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KRUSKAL WALLIS TEST; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; SIMULATION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CYCLIN-DEPENDENT KINASE INHIBITOR P15; CYCLIN-DEPENDENT KINASE INHIBITOR P16; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; MODELS, GENETIC; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 72849123511     PISSN: 02776715     EISSN: 10970258     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sim.3695     Document Type: Article

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