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Analysis of secondary phenotype involving the interactive effect of the secondary phenotype and genetic variants on the primary disease.
Annals of human genetics - 1 Nov 2012
Wang Jian, Shete Sanjay
Abstract excerpt
A genome-wide association (GWA) study is usually designed as a case-control study, where the presence and absence of the primary disease define the cases and controls, respectively. Using the existing data from GWA studies, investigators are also trying to identify the association between genetic variants and secondary phenotypes, which are defined as traits associated with the primary disease. However, recent...
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