MODELING THE INFLUENCE OF RISK-FACTORS ON FAMILIAL AGGREGATION OF DISEASE
MODELING THE INFLUENCE OF RISK-FACTORS ON FAMILIAL AGGREGATION OF DISEASE
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DOI:
10.2307/2532650
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发表时间:
1991-09-01
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影响因子:
1.9
通讯作者:
AALEN, OO
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作者:
AALEN, OO
One often observes a familial resemblance of risk factors of disease. The following question then arises: How much familial aggregation of cases of disease would be expected because of this resemblance? This problem is attacked through a particular model where the risk is supposed to depend exponentially on the risk factors. Only pairs of relatives (father/son) are considered. The calculations are performed both with normally distributed risk factors and with particular skewed distributions. An application to coronary heart disease is given.