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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"Familial data"”.
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The neuropsychological endophenotype of specific language impairments and autism spectrum disorders: Category or continuum?
… proband comorbidity and health problems, and familial data in 39 SLI children and 89 ASD children who presented for clinical evaluation at Henry Ford Health System in Detroit were examined by retrospective chart review.</p> <p>Cognitive data revealed that ASD probands performed more poorly on …
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Modeling and Efficient Estimation of Intra-Family Correlations
<p>Familial data occur when observations are taken on multiple members of the same family. Due to relationships between these members, both genetic and by cohabitation, their response variables will likely exhibit some form of dependence. Most of the existing literature models this dependence with …
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Analysis of Repeated Measures Data Under Circular Covariance
<p>Circular covariance is important in modelling phenomena in epidemiological, communications and numerous physical contexts. We introduce and develop a variety of methods which make it a more versatile tool. First, we present two classes of estimators for use in the presence of missing …
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The characteristics of obesity and being overweight in children living in two Saskatchewan communities
… using the international standards and measured data. Limited data exists of the prevalence of obesity in rural and small urban communities. In 2000, a cross-sectional survey of children was conducted that primarily assessed the respiratory health of children in two southern Saskatchewan …
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The use of whole exome sequencing data to identify candidate genes involved in cancer and benign tumour predisposition
… standard protocol for analysing exome sequencing data. Outside of extremely large sequencing studies including thousands of individuals, statistical approaches are often underpowered to detect rare disease associated variants. Aggregation of variants into functionally related regions, including …
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Statistical analysis of familial correlations.
Inferences for familial (intraclass and interclass) correlations are considered for unbalanced familial data from multivariate normal populations. The most commonly used familial correlation is that between siblings (without regard to gender), called intraclass or sib-sib correlation coefficient. …