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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
2008
Tests for gene‐environment interaction from case‐control data: a novel study of type I error, power and designs
Mukherjee B, Ahn J, Gruber S, Rennert G, Moreno V, Chatterjee N. Tests for gene‐environment interaction from case‐control data: a novel study of type I error, power and designs. Genetic Epidemiology 2008, 32: 615-626. PMID: 18473390, DOI: 10.1002/gepi.20337.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGene-environment independence assumptionCase-control studyGene-environment interactionsGene-environment associationsCase-onlyCase-control study of colorectal cancerDetection of gene-environment interactionsType I errorGene-environment dependenceStudy of colorectal cancerGene-environment independenceEffect of genetic susceptibilityCase-only methodCase-only estimatorCase-control estimatorsCase-control dataGene-environment effectsCase-control designCase-control methodCase-control analysisGlutathione S-transferase M1Empirical-BayesEpidemiological researchCase-controlColorectal cancer
2007
Accounting for error due to misclassification of exposures in case–control studies of gene–environment interaction
Zhang L, Mukherjee B, Ghosh M, Gruber S, Moreno V. Accounting for error due to misclassification of exposures in case–control studies of gene–environment interaction. Statistics In Medicine 2007, 27: 2756-2783. PMID: 17879261, DOI: 10.1002/sim.3044.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCase-control studyCase-control study of colorectal cancerGene-environment independence assumptionStudy of gene-environment interactionsStudy of colorectal cancerCase-control study designEnvironmental exposuresDisease-exposure associationsCase-control dataMisclassification of exposureGene-environment interactionsDegree of misclassificationStudy designConfidence intervalsGenotyping errorsValidation subsampleColorectal cancerAnalysis of dataMisclassification error rateGenetic factorsIndependence assumptionMisclassificationMisclassified dataAnalytical formEstimation strategy