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Confounding and heterogeneity in genetic association studies with admixed populations.
American journal of epidemiology - 15 Feb 2013
Liu Jinghua, Lewinger Juan Pablo, Gilliland Frank D, Gauderman W James, Conti David V
Abstract excerpt
Association studies among admixed populations pose many challenges including confounding of genetic effects due to population substructure and heterogeneity due to different patterns of linkage disequilibrium (LD). We use simulations to investigate controlling for confounding by indicators of global ancestry and the impact of including a covariate for local ancestry. In addition, we investigate the use of an...
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