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FOLD: a method to optimize power in meta-analysis of genetic association studies with overlapping subjects.
Bioinformatics (Oxford, England) - 15 Dec 2017
Kim Emma E, Lee Seunghoon, Lee Cue Hyunkyu, Oh Hyunjung, Song Kyuyoung, Han Buhm
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MOTIVATION: In genetic association studies, meta-analyses are widely used to increase the statistical power by aggregating information from multiple studies. In meta-analyses, participating studies often share the same individuals due to the shared use of publicly available control data or accidental recruiting of the same subjects. As such overlapping can inflate false positive rate, overlapping subjects are...
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