Mortality selection in a genetic sample and implications for association studies

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 1285-1294

  Domingue, Benjamin W ^a   Belsky, Daniel W ^b   Harrati, Amal ^c   Conley, Dalton ^d   Weir, David R ^e   Boardman, Jason D ^f  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Genetic epidemiology; Genotype; Mortality

Indexed keywords

COHORT ANALYSIS; CORRECTION; DATA SET; DATABASE; DEMOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GENOTYPE; HEALTH SURVEY; MORTALITY; PROBABILITY; SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLACK PERSON; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GENE INTERACTION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC DATABASE; GENETIC EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENOTYPE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SMOKING; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL BIAS; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

UNITED STATES;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIAS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MORTALITY; SEX DISTRIBUTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85030475985     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyx041     Document Type: Article

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