Sequence Kernel Association Test for Quantitative Traits in Family Samples

Genetic Epidemiology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 196-204

  Chen, Han ^a   Meigs, James B ^b,c   Dupuis, Josée ^a,d  

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

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d FRAMINGHAM HEART STUDY   (United States)

Author keywords

Family samples; Heritability; Linear mixed effects model; Quantitative traits; Rare variant analysis

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; INSULIN;

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FRAMINGHAM RISK SCORE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; PHENOTYPE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE KERNEL ASSOCIATION TEST; SIMULATION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

BLOOD GLUCOSE; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; INSULIN; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MODELS, GENETIC; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PEDIGREE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE;

EID: 84872380261     PISSN: 07410395     EISSN: 10982272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gepi.21703     Document Type: Article

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