Statistical aspects of measuring the strength of associations between HLA antigens and diseases.
It will be demonstrated that the delta measure (attributable risk) of Bengtsson & Thomson (1982) can be used in a wide variety of cases to determine which of a number of HLA antigens associated with a particular disease allele has the strongest genetic association. Tests of significance and confidence intervals for the delta measure will be discussed.
D004194:Disease / Q000209:etiology*; D004812:Epidemiologic Methods; D006680:HLA Antigens / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D012306:Risk; D013223:Statistics as Topic
D006680:HLA Antigens