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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
A comparison of case-control and family-based association methods: The example of sickle-cell and malaria
Annals of Human Genetics, Volume 69, No. 5, Year 2005
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There has been much debate about the relative merits of population- and family-based strategies for testing genetic association, yet there is little empirical data that directly compare the two approaches. Here we compare case-control and transmission/disequilibrium test (TDT) study designs using a well-established genetic association, the protective effect of the sickle-cell trait against severe malaria. We find that the two methods give similar estimates of the level of protection (case-control odds ratio = 0.10, 95% confidence interval 0.03-0.23; family-based estimate of the odds ratio = 0.11, 95% confidence interval 0.04-0.25) and similar statistical significance of the result (case-control: χ2 = 41.26, p = 10-10, TDT: χ2 = 39.06, p = 10-10) when 315 TDT cases are compared to 583 controls. We propose a family plus population control study design, which allows both case-control and TDT analysis of the cases. This combination is robust against the respective weaknesses of the case-control and TDT study designs, namely population structure and segregation distortion. The combined study design is especially cost-effective when cases are difficult to ascertain and, when the case-control and TDT results agree, offers greater confidence in the result. © University College London 2005.
Authors & Co-Authors
Ackerman, Hans C.
United Kingdom, Oxford
The Wellcome Centre for Human Genetics
Usen, Stanley Ohunwu I.S.E.
Gambia, Banjul
Medical Research Council Laboratories Gambia
Jallow, Mariatou
Gambia, Banjul
Medical Research Council Laboratories Gambia
Sisay-Joof, Fatoumatta
Gambia, Banjul
Medical Research Council Laboratories Gambia
Pinder, Margaret
Gambia, Banjul
Medical Research Council Laboratories Gambia
Kwiatkowski, Dominic P.
United Kingdom, Oxford
The Wellcome Centre for Human Genetics
Statistics
Citations: 93
Authors: 6
Affiliations: 2
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1111/j.1529-8817.2005.00180.x
Research Areas
Genetics And Genomics
Infectious Diseases
Study Design
Cross Sectional Study
Case-Control Study