This protocol describes how to appropriately design a genetic association case–control study, either focusing on a candidate gene (CG) or region or implementing a genome-wide approach. The steps ...
For a desired power of detecting the association between a disease and several potential risk factors in case-control studies, Yang (1978, Biometrika 65, 635-640) and Halperin (1980, Biometrika 67, ...
This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract We consider the problem of maximum-likelihood estimation in case-control studies of gene-environment associations with disease when genetic ...
In a nationally representative sample of 1.1 million homes, we compared the prevalence of smoking among 33,000 deceased women and 41,000 deceased men (case subjects) with the prevalence of smoking ...