A method for analyzing multiple continuous phenotypes in rare variant association studies allowing for flexible correlations in variant effects

For region-based sequencing data, power to detect genetic associations can be improved through analysis of multiple related phenotypes. With this motivation, we propose a novel test to detect association simultaneously between a set of rare variants, such as those obtained by sequencing in a small g...

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Main Authors: Sun, Jianping, Oualkacha, Karim, Forgetta, Vincenzo, Zheng, Hou-Feng, Brent Richards, J, Ciampi, Antonio, Greenwood, Celia MT
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2016
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4989219/