Artifact due to differential error when cases and controls are imputed from different platforms.

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Including previously genotyped controls in a genome-wide association study can provide cost-savings, but can also create design biases. When cases and controls are genotyped on different platforms, the imputation needed to provide genome-wide coverage will introduce differential measurement error and may lead to false positives. We compared genotype frequencies of two healthy control groups from the Nurses'...

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