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A new powerful non-parametric two-stage approach for testing multiple phenotypes in family-based association studies.
Human heredity - 1 Jan 2003
Lange Christoph, Lyon Helen, DeMeo Dawn, Raby Benjamin, Silverman Edwin K, Weiss Scott T
Abstract excerpt
We introduce a new powerful nonparametric testing strategy for family-based association studies in which multiple quantitative traits are recorded and the phenotype with the strongest genetic component is not known prior to the analysis. In the first stage, using a population-based test based on the generalized estimating equation approach, we test all recorded phenotypes for association with the marker locus...
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