Longitudinal analysis is more powerful than cross-sectional analysis in detecting genetic association with neuroimaging phenotypes.

Most existing genome-wide association analyses are cross-sectional, utilizing only phenotypic data at a single time point, e.g. baseline. On the other hand, longitudinal studies, such as Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative (ADNI), collect phenotypic information at multiple time points....

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Main Authors: Zhiyuan Xu, Xiaotong Shen, Wei Pan, Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4123854?pdf=render