Improving power for testing genetic association in case-control studies by reducing the alternative space.

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To detect association between a genetic marker and a disease in case-control studies, the Cochran-Armitage trend test is typically used. The trend test is locally optimal when the genetic model is correctly specified. However, in practice, the underlying genetic model, and hence the optimal trend test, are usually unknown. In this case, Pearson's chi-squared test, the maximum of three trend test statistics...

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