Family density of alcoholism and linkage information in the analysis of the COGA data

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In this study of GAW11 Problem 1, we analyzed the genome scan data in families weighted according to the density of alcoholism among the probands' siblings. We hypothesized that certain disease-predisposing alleles may be common in the general population, rendering high-density sibships less informative for linkage. Three types of families were found in the data, with the prevalence of alcoholism of 1.0, 0.78, and 0.24 in the probands' sibships. The linkage results showed several peak lod scores on chromosomes 1, 2, 4, 8, 11, 19, and 21, the majority of which originated in only one or two types of families. However, for almost all markers, the maximum lod scores observed without the weights were equal to or exceeded the values obtained for any single type of family. These results indicate that although the stratification of families may be theoretically justified, in practice the best strategy is to use all available information.

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Turecki, G., Rouleau, G. A., & Alda, M. (1999). Family density of alcoholism and linkage information in the analysis of the COGA data. In Genetic Epidemiology (Vol. 17). Wiley-Liss Inc. https://doi.org/10.1002/gepi.1370170761

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