Sex-specific differences in effect size estimates at established complex trait loci

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1376-1382

  Orozco, Gisela ^a   Ioannidis, John P A ^b,c   Morris, Andrew ^d   Zeggini, Eleftheria ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Genetic predisposition to disease; Genome wide association study; Odds ratio; Sex

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; DISEASE PREVALENCE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME; HEALTH RISK; MENS HEALTH; META-ANALYSIS; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; WOMENS HEALTH;

ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CROHN DISEASE; EFFECT SIZE; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE REPLICATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC RISK; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INSULIN DEPENDENCE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CHRONIC DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CROHN DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84867625599     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dys104     Document Type: Article

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