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Conditional and joint multiple-SNP analysis of GWAS summary statistics identifies additional variants influencing complex traits.
Nature genetics - 18 Mar 2012
Yang Jian, Ferreira Teresa, Morris Andrew P, Medland Sarah E, Madden Pamela A F, Heath Andrew C, Martin Nicholas G, Montgomery Grant W, Weedon Michael N, Loos Ruth J, Frayling Timothy M, McCarthy Mark I, Hirschhorn Joel N, Goddard Michael E, Visscher Peter M
Abstract excerpt
We present an approximate conditional and joint association analysis that can use summary-level statistics from a meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies (GWAS) and estimated linkage disequilibrium (LD) from a reference sample with individual-level genotype data. Using this method, we analyzed meta-analysis summary data from the GIANT Consortium for height and body mass index (BMI), with the LD structure...
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