Detection of suspicious interactions of spiking covariates in methylation data
Abstract Background In methylation analyses like epigenome-wide association studies, a high amount of biomarkers is tested for an association between the measured continuous outcome and different covariates. In the case of a continuous covariate like smoking pack years (SPY), a measure of lifetime e...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2020-01-01
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| Series: | BMC Bioinformatics |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12859-020-3364-6 |