Evaluation of self-reported ethnicity in a case-control population: the stroke prevention in young women study

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Population-based association studies are used to identify common susceptibility variants for complex genetic traits. These studies are susceptible to confounding from unknown population substructure. Here we apply a model-based clust...

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Main Authors: Wozniak Marcella A, O'Connell Jeffery R, Stine Oscar C, MacClellan Leah R, Howard Timothy D, Cole John W, Mez Jesse B, Stern Barney J, Sorkin John D, Mitchell Braxton D, Kittner Steven J
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2009-12-01
Series:BMC Research Notes
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1756-0500/2/260