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metaCCA: summary statistics-based multivariate meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies using canonical correlation analysis.
Bioinformatics (Oxford, England) - 1 Jul 2016
Cichonska Anna, Rousu Juho, Marttinen Pekka, Kangas Antti J, Soininen Pasi, Lehtimäki Terho, Raitakari Olli T, Järvelin Marjo-Riitta, Salomaa Veikko, Ala-Korpela Mika, Ripatti Samuli, Pirinen Matti
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MOTIVATION: A dominant approach to genetic association studies is to perform univariate tests between genotype-phenotype pairs. However, analyzing related traits together increases statistical power, and certain complex associations become detectable only when several variants are tested jointly. Currently, modest sample sizes of individual cohorts, and restricted availability of individual-level...
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