A Comparison of sample size and power in case-only association studies of gene-environment interaction

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 171, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 498-505

  Clarke, Geraldine M ^a   Morris, Andrew P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dominance; Genome wide association study; Interaction; Linkage disequilibrium; Lung neoplasms; Power; Research design; Sample size

Indexed keywords

XERODERMA PIGMENTOSUM GROUP D PROTEIN;

DOMINANCE; GENE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME; GENOTYPE; SAMPLING;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CIGARETTE SMOKING; DNA POLYMORPHISM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GENE INTERACTION; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LUNG CANCER; METHODOLOGY; SAMPLE SIZE;

ENVIRONMENT; GENOME, HUMAN; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MODELS, GENETIC; MODELS, STATISTICAL; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SAMPLE SIZE;

EID: 76649132297     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwp398     Document Type: Article

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