Article
Relative risk for genetic associations: the case-parent triad as a variant of case-cohort design.
International journal of epidemiology - 1 Jun 2002
Ahsan Habibul, Hodge Susan E, Heiman Gary A, Begg Melissa D, Susser Ezra S
Abstract excerpt
The contribution of this paper is to conceptualize the case-parent triad within an epidemiological framework. We propose that the case-parent triad design is a variant of the case-cohort design. The affected offspring of case-parent triads come from a source cohort of all offspring of parents in a population. We first demonstrate that if the source cohort is restricted to offspring of a certain parental mating...
Topics
- Case-Control Studies
- Cohort Studies
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Humans
- Models, Statistical
- Molecular Epidemiology
- Panic Disorder
- Research Design
- Risk
