genetika

nice articles

population-based case-control teratologic study of oral erythromycin treatment during pregnancy
hungarian authors, nice language. methods.

gwas for subclinical AS (IMT, CAC, AAI) - 100K, no genome wide significance

cf its related.
- echocardiography measurements, brachial endothelial function, stress ecgňň
- biomarkers
- hemostatic markers

matching

1. Q: to match or not to match?
A: it depends - what study design?
a) advantages
b) disadvantages

2. how to match - types of matching
a) frequency matching
b) individual

in case-control studies - Does the ratio case vs control 1:n matter? the more the better?

overmatching - cf twin studies?

terms:
counter-matching - *********counter-matching Langholz 2001, 2005
flexible matching
optimal ?
propensity score matching

matching in genetic association studies
- aim - to avoid population stratification ???
genomic control
admixture

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e.g. *********counter-matching Langholz 2001, 2005

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