Strategies for genetic association analyses combining unrelated case-control individuals and family trios

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 176, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 70-79

  Mirea, Lucia ^a,c   Infante Rivard, Claire ^a   Sun, Lei ^b   Bull, Shelley B ^b,c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alleles; Case control studies; Family trios; Genetic; Genetic association studies; Genetics; Odds ratio; Polymorphism; Risk

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; BLOOD SYSTEM DISORDER; CANCER; DISEASE INCIDENCE; DISEASE PREVALENCE; FAMILY STRUCTURE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC STRUCTURE; HEALTH RISK; POLYMORPHISM; RISK FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY ASSESSMENT; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; PARENT; PROGENY; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EPIDEMIOLOGIC RESEARCH DESIGN; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; ODDS RATIO; PARENTS; PATIENT SELECTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PRECURSOR CELL LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA-LYMPHOMA; RISK;

CANADA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

EID: 84863317393     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwr494     Document Type: Article

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