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Exploiting Gene-Environment Independence for Analysis of Case–Control Studies: An Empirical Bayes-Type Shrinkage Estimator to Trade-Off Between Bias and Efficiency
Mukherjee B, Chatterjee N. Exploiting Gene-Environment Independence for Analysis of Case–Control Studies: An Empirical Bayes-Type Shrinkage Estimator to Trade-Off Between Bias and Efficiency. Biometrics 2007, 64: 685-694. PMID: 18162111, DOI: 10.1111/j.1541-0420.2007.00953.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGene-environment independenceShrinkage estimatorsLog odds ratio parametersCase-control dataGene-environment independence assumptionOdds ratio parametersCase-control estimatorsData-adaptive fashionData exampleProspective logistic regression analysisBinary exposureGene-environment associationsIndependence assumptionLogistic regression analysisCase-onlyMaximum likelihood frameworkEstimationSample sizeBinary genesRegression analysisChatterjeeExamplesWeighted averageAssumptions
2017
Meta‐analysis of gene‐environment interaction exploiting gene‐environment independence across multiple case‐control studies
Estes J, Rice J, Li S, Stringham H, Boehnke M, Mukherjee B. Meta‐analysis of gene‐environment interaction exploiting gene‐environment independence across multiple case‐control studies. Statistics In Medicine 2017, 36: 3895-3909. PMID: 28744888, PMCID: PMC5624850, DOI: 10.1002/sim.7398.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAge FactorsAlpha-Ketoglutarate-Dependent Dioxygenase FTOBayes TheoremBiasBiometryBody Mass IndexCase-Control StudiesComputer SimulationDiabetes Mellitus, Type 2Gene-Environment InteractionHumansLogistic ModelsMeta-Analysis as TopicModels, GeneticModels, StatisticalPolymorphism, Single NucleotideRetrospective StudiesConceptsGene-environment independenceGene-environmentEmpirical Bayes estimatorsGene-environment interactionsCase-control studyMeta-analysis settingBayes estimatorsRetrospective likelihood frameworkShrinkage estimatorsMeta-analysisTesting gene-environment interactionsCombination of estimatesFactors body mass indexSimulation studyBody mass indexUnconstrained modelLikelihood frameworkInverse varianceMeta-analysis frameworkFTO geneMass indexGenetic markersEstimationStandard alternativeChatterjee