Nonparametric tests of associations with disease based on U-statistics

Annals of Human Genetics

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 141-153

  Jin, Lina ^a,b   Zhu, Wensheng ^a   Yu, Yaqin ^b   Kou, Changgui ^b   Meng, Xiangfei ^b   Tao, Yuchun ^b   Guo, Jianhua ^a  

^a NORTHEAST NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Case control studies; Haplotype based association; Internalising disorder; Kernel function; U statistic

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE SIZE; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; HAPLOTYPE-BASED ASSOCIATION; INTERNALISING DISORDER; KERNEL FUNCTION; U-STATISTIC;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISEASE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; GENETIC MARKERS; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; MODELS, GENETIC; MODELS, STATISTICAL;

EID: 84894342018     PISSN: 00034800     EISSN: 14691809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ahg.12049     Document Type: Article

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