Article
The case-combined-control design was efficient in detecting gene-environment interactions.
Journal of clinical epidemiology - 1 Jul 2004
Andrieu N, Goldstein A M
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: The interest in studying gene-environment (GxE) interaction is increasing for complex diseases. A design combining both related and unrelated controls (e.g., population-based and siblings) is proposed to increase the power to detect GxE interaction. STUDY DESIGN AND SETTING: We used simulations to assess the efficiency of the case-combined-control design relative to a classical case-control study under...
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