Impact of measurement error on testing genetic association with quantitative traits.

Measurement error of a phenotypic trait reduces the power to detect genetic associations. We examined the impact of sample size, allele frequency and effect size in presence of measurement error for quantitative traits. The statistical power to detect genetic association with phenotype mean and vari...

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Main Authors: Jiemin Liao, Xiang Li, Tien-Yin Wong, Jie Jin Wang, Chiea Chuen Khor, E Shyong Tai, Tin Aung, Yik-Ying Teo, Ching-Yu Cheng
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3901720?pdf=render