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population stratification: a standalone construct

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Genetic epidemiology

confounding in genetic association studies that arises when allele frequencies and disease rates both differ across subpopulations in the sample.

In genetic epidemiology, population stratification refers to confounding in genetic association studies that arises when allele frequencies and disease rates both differ across subpopulations in the sample. This meaning comes from Cardon (2003) in The Lancet.[1]

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allele3 fields · 5 citationsjingle · one word, three constructs association4 fields · 4 citationsjingle · one word, four constructs population4 fields · 4 citationsjingle · one word, four constructs

References

Cardon, L. R., & Palmer, L. J. (2003). Population stratification and spurious allelic association. The Lancet, 361(9357), 598-604. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(03)12520-2

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