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Multivariate Meta-Analysis of Genetic Association Studies: A Simulation Study.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2015
Neupane Binod, Beyene Joseph
Abstract excerpt
In a meta-analysis with multiple end points of interests that are correlated between or within studies, multivariate approach to meta-analysis has a potential to produce more precise estimates of effects by exploiting the correlation structure between end points. However, under random-effects assumption the multivariate estimation is more complex (as it involves estimation of more parameters simultaneously) than...
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