Gene-environment interactions in genome-wide association studies: A comparative study of tests applied to empirical studies of type 2 diabetes

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 175, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 191-202

  Cornelis, Marilyn C ^a   Tchetgen, Eric J Tchetgen ^a   Liang, Liming ^a   Qi, Lu ^a,b   Chatterjee, Nilanjan ^c   Hu, Frank B ^a,b   Kraft, Peter ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

case study; case control studies; diabetes mellitus, type 2; epidemiologic methods; genome wide association study; genotype environment interaction

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIABETES; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENOME; GENOTYPE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HEALTH SURVEY; LOGISTICS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ANALYSIS; PUBLIC HEALTH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BODY MASS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

BODY MASS INDEX; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENOMICS; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 84856155219     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwr368     Document Type: Article

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