Leveraging family history in genetic association analyses of binary traits

Abstract Background Considering relatives’ health history in logistic regression for case–control genome-wide association studies (CC-GWAS) may provide new information that increases accuracy and power to detect disease associated genetic variants. We conducted simulations and analyzed type 2 diabet...

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Main Authors: Yixin Zhang, James B. Meigs, Ching-Ti Liu, Josée Dupuis, Chloé Sarnowski
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2022-10-01
Series:BMC Genomics
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12864-022-08897-8