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Titre :	Sample size requirements in case-only designs to detect gene-environment interaction. (1997)
Auteurs :	Q. YANG ; W.D. FLANDERS ; M.J. KHOURY
Type de document :	Article
Dans :	American journal of epidemiology (vol. 146, n° 9, 1997)
Pagination :	713-720
Langues:	Anglais
Mots-clés :	Epidémiologie ; Méthodologie ; Homme ; Etiologie ; Génétique
Résumé :	[BDSP. Notice produite par INIST 0R0xPSRK. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. With advances in molecular genetic technology, more studies will examine gene-environment interaction in disease etiology. If the primary purpose of the study is to estimate the effect of gene-environment interaction in disease etiology, one can do so without employing controls. The case-only design has been promoted as an efficient and valid method for screening for gene-environment interaction. The authors derive a method for estimating sample size requirements, present sample size estimates, and compare minimum sample size requirements to detect gene-environment interaction in case-only studies with case-control studies. Assuming independence between exposure and genotype in the population, the authors believe that the case-only design is more efficient than a case-control design in detecting gene-environment interaction. They also illustrate a method to estimate sample size when information on marginal effects (relative risk) of exposure and genotype is available from previous studies.

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