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Covariance component models for multivariate binary traits in family data analysis.
Statistics in medicine - 30 Mar 2008
Yip Benjamin H, Björk Camilla, Lichtenstein Paul, Hultman Christina M, Pawitan Yudi
Abstract excerpt
For family studies, there is now an established analytical framework for binary-trait outcomes within the generalized linear mixed models (GLMMs). However, the corresponding analysis of multivariate binary-trait (MBT) outcomes is still limited. Certain diseases, such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, have similarities in epidemiological features, risk factor patterns and intermediate phenotypes. To have a...
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