Estimating disease prevalence using relatives of case and control probands.

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We introduce a method of estimating disease prevalence from case-control family study data. Case-control family studies are performed to investigate the familial aggregation of disease; families are sampled via either a case or a control proband, and the resulting data contain information on disease status and covariates for the probands and their relatives. Here, we introduce estimators for overall prevalence...

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