Evaluation of methods accounting for population structure with pedigree data and continuous outcomes

Genetic Epidemiology

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 427-436

  Peloso, Gina M ^a   Dupuis, Josée ^a   Lunetta, Kathryn L ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Admixture; Families; Population genetics; Power; Type I error

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EFFICIENT MIXED-MODEL ASSOCIATION EXPEDITED; FAMILY; FAMILY SIZE; GENERALIZED ESTIMATING EQUATIONS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PARENT; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION STRUCTURE;

ALGORITHMS; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MODELS, GENETIC; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80051812657     PISSN: 07410395     EISSN: 10982272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gepi.20590     Document Type: Article

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