Article
Family-based association tests for ordinal traits adjusting for covariates.
Genetic epidemiology - 1 Dec 2006
Wang Xueqin, Ye Yuanqing, Zhang Heping
Abstract excerpt
We present a class of family-based association tests (FBATs) for ordinal traits that adjust for the effects of covariates. For complex diseases, especially mental health conditions including nicotine dependence and substance use, the outcome variables are often recorded in an ordinal rather than quantitative scale. The naturally recorded ordinal traits are commonly analyzed either as quantitative traits or are...
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