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Set‐based tests for genetic association in longitudinal studies
He Z, Zhang M, Lee S, Smith J, Guo X, Palmas W, Kardia S, Diez Roux A, Mukherjee B. Set‐based tests for genetic association in longitudinal studies. Biometrics 2015, 71: 606-615. PMID: 25854837, PMCID: PMC4601568, DOI: 10.1111/biom.12310.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMulti-Ethnic Study of AtherosclerosisGenome-wide association studiesJoint effect of multiple variantsLinkage disequilibriumAssociation studiesEffects of multiple variantsMarkers of chronic diseaseGenetic variantsSet-based testGene-based testsLongitudinal outcomesMulti-Ethnic StudyGenetic association studiesStudy of AtherosclerosisChronic diseasesPhenotypic variationGenetic associationObservational studyLongitudinal analysisWithin-subject correlationMultiple variantsScore type testsJoint testJoint effectsMarker tests
2009
Shrinkage estimation for robust and efficient screening of single‐SNP association from case‐control genome‐wide association studies
Luo S, Mukherjee B, Chen J, Chatterjee N. Shrinkage estimation for robust and efficient screening of single‐SNP association from case‐control genome‐wide association studies. Genetic Epidemiology 2009, 33: 740-750. PMID: 19434716, PMCID: PMC3103068, DOI: 10.1002/gepi.20428.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsCase-Control StudiesComputational BiologyComputer SimulationData Interpretation, StatisticalFalse Positive ReactionsGenetic MarkersGenomeGenome, HumanGenome-Wide Association StudyGenotypeHumansLikelihood FunctionsModels, StatisticalPolymorphism, Single NucleotideReproducibility of ResultsConceptsHardy-Weinberg equilibriumAssociation TestPopulation-based case-control designGenome-wide association scanGenome-wide association studiesSingle-SNP associationsCase-control designCase-control studyAssociation scansAssociation studiesGenetic markersSusceptibility SNPsRecessive effectUnderlying populationAssociationFalse-positive resultsEfficient screeningSNPsRare diseaseShrinkage estimatorsSimulation studyStudyTestTwo-degrees-of-freedomPopulation