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Variance-components methods for linkage and association analysis of ordinal traits in general pedigrees.
Genetic epidemiology - 1 Apr 2010
Diao G, Lin D Y
Abstract excerpt
Many complex human diseases such as alcoholism and cancer are rated on ordinal scales. Well-developed statistical methods for the genetic mapping of quantitative traits may not be appropriate for ordinal traits. We propose a class of variance-component models for the joint linkage and association analysis of ordinal traits. The proposed models accommodate arbitrary pedigrees and allow covariates and...
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