Chunk #11 — 3. Methods — 3.1. Statistical Analysis for Single Trait

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NCK2 is significantly associated with opiates addiction in African-origin men.

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In the gene-based method, SNPs within 20 kilo bases (kb) 5′ upstream and 10 kilo bases (kb) 3′ downstream of a gene's coding regions [59] were assigned to the gene. In addition, we included other SNPs if they are in strong LD (r 2 > 0.9) with the initially mapped SNPs within the gene [60].