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Genetic association analysis under complex survey sampling: the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos.
American journal of human genetics - 4 Dec 2014
Lin Dan-Yu, Tao Ran, Kalsbeek William D, Zeng Donglin, Gonzalez Franklyn, Fernández-Rhodes Lindsay, Graff Mariaelisa, Koch Gary G, North Kari E, Heiss Gerardo
Abstract excerpt
The cohort design allows investigators to explore the genetic basis of a variety of diseases and traits in a single study while avoiding major weaknesses of the case-control design. Most cohort studies employ multistage cluster sampling with unequal probabilities to conveniently select participants with desired characteristics, and participants from different clusters might be genetically related. Analysis that...
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