Chunk #34 — THEORETICAL DERIVATIONS — IMPACT OF LD ON DISEASE PARAMETERS — Multiplicative model

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Disease model distortion in association studies.

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We can derive a simpler expression when effect sizes are small. Using the approximation ex−1≈x, and also µA≈µB (which is equivalent to saying the penetrances at allele 0 are similar at the two SNPs), we have,