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Structural equation modelingCatherine M Stein
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA
Methods Mol Biol 850:495-512. 2012..Here, we review the theory of SEM for both unrelated and family data, the available software for SEM, and provide an example of SEM analysis...
Genetic epidemiology of tuberculosis susceptibility: impact of study designCatherine M Stein
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, and Tuberculosis Research Unit, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America
PLoS Pathog 7:e1001189. 2011..tuberculosis strain. These considerable differences between studies should be accounted for when examining the current literature. Recommendations are made for future studies to further clarify the host genetics of TB...
Tuberculosis as a complex trait: impact of genetic epidemiological study designCatherine M Stein
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Case Western Reserve University, Wolstein Research Building, Room 1316, 2103 Cornell Rd, Cleveland, OH, 44106, USA
Mamm Genome 22:91-9. 2011..Finally, we provide suggestions for the design of future genetic epidemiological studies of TB...
Literacy outcomes of children with early childhood speech sound disorders: impact of endophenotypesBarbara A Lewis
Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA
J Speech Lang Hear Res 54:1628-43. 2011..To demonstrate that early childhood speech sound disorders (SSD) and later school-age reading, written expression, and spelling skills are influenced by shared endophenotypes that may be in part genetic...
Linkage and association analysis of candidate genes for TB and TNFalpha cytokine expression: evidence for association with IFNGR1, IL-10, and TNF receptor 1 genesCatherine M Stein
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Case Western Reserve University, Wolstein Research Building Room 1303, 2103 Cornell Rd, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA
Hum Genet 121:663-73. 2007..This study further illustrates the utility of such a model for disentangling complex traits...
Heritability estimation for speech-sound traits with developmental trajectoriesCatherine M Stein
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA
Behav Genet 41:184-91. 2011..We conclude that differences in measurement scales across the age span can be reconciled through non-linear modeling of the developmental process...
Genome scan of M. tuberculosis infection and disease in UgandansCatherine M Stein
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA
PLoS ONE 3:e4094. 2008..Many of the genetic factors for each of these stages are part of the innate immune system...
The genetic bases of speech sound disorders: evidence from spoken and written languageBarbara A Lewis
Behavioral Pediatrics and Psychology 6038, Rainbow Babies and Children s Hospital, Case Western Reserve University, 11100 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44106 6038, USA
J Speech Lang Hear Res 49:1294-312. 2006..Finally, they discuss challenges for identifying genetic influence on SSD and propose a conceptual framework for study of the genetic basis of SSD...
Evidence for a major gene influence on tumor necrosis factor-alpha expression in tuberculosis: path and segregation analysisCatherine M Stein
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Case Western Reserve University, 10900 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA
Hum Hered 60:109-18. 2005..Furthermore, these studies have not accounted for the influence of shared environment within households on TB risk, which may spuriously inflate estimates of heritability...
Narrative ability of children with speech sound disorders and the prediction of later literacy skillsRachel L Wellman
Cleveland Hearing and Speech Center, Cleveland, OH, USA
Lang Speech Hear Serv Sch 42:561-79. 2011..The second purpose was to determine if early narrative ability predicts school-age (8-12 years) literacy skills...
Speech sound disorder influenced by a locus in 15q14 regionCatherine M Stein
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Case Western Reserve University, and Department of Pediatrics, Rainbow Babies and Childrens Hospital, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA
Behav Genet 36:858-68. 2006..97 to 2.17, P=0.0633). These results suggest shared genetic determinants in this chromosomal region for SSD, autism, and PWS/AS...
Genetic susceptibility to tuberculosis associated with cathepsin Z haplotype in a Ugandan household contact studyAllison R Baker
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Hum Immunol 72:426-30. 2011..05). Haplotype analyses identified a significant risk haplotype in cathepsin X (CTSZ; p = 0.0281, odds ratio = 1.5493, 95% confidence interval [1.039, 2.320])...
Genetic variation in TLR genes in Ugandan and South African populations and comparison with HapMap dataAllison R Baker
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America
PLoS ONE 7:e47597. 2012..We also discovered three novel polymorphisms that appear to be population-specific and would only be detected by sequencing efforts...
Innate and adaptive immune responses during acute M. tuberculosis infection in adult household contacts in Kampala, UgandaC Scott Mahan
Department of Medicine, MetroHealth Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio 44109, USA
Am J Trop Med Hyg 86:690-7. 2012..Thus, no differences in innate responses were found among the three household contact groups. However, adaptive T cell responses to MTB antigens did differ before and during MTB infection among PTST-, TSTC, and TST+ contacts...
Structural equation model-based genome scan for the metabolic syndromeCatherine M Stein
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Case Western Reserve University 2500 MetroHealth Dr, R258 Rammelkamp Building, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
BMC Genet 4:S99. 2003..Because these traits cluster, there are likely common genetic factors involved...
A framework for structural equation models in general pedigreesNathan J Morris
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA
Hum Hered 70:278-86. 2010..It also allows for a nearly endless array of genetic association and/or linkage tests. A preliminary Matlab program is available, and we are currently implementing a more complete and user-friendly R package...
Defining genetic determinants of the Metabolic Syndrome in the Framingham Heart Study using association and structural equation modeling methodsNora L Nock
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Case Western Reserve University, 2103 Cornell Road, Cleveland, Ohio 44106 USA
BMC Proc 3:S50. 2009....
Comparison of affected sibling-pair linkage methods to identify gene x gene interaction in GAW15 simulated dataEmma K Larkin
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Case Western Reserve University, Triangle Building, Suite 260, 11400 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44106 USA
BMC Proc 1:S66. 2007..Additionally, the lack of data on discordant sibships may have decreased the power to identify gene x gene interactions...
Dimensions of early speech sound disorders: A factor analytic studyBarbara A Lewis
Department of Pediatrics, Rainbow Babies and Childrens Hospital, Behavioral Pediatrics and Psychology 6038, Case Western Reserve University, 11100 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44106 6038
J Commun Disord 39:139-57. 2006....
Model-free linkage analysis of a quantitative traitNathan J Morris
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA
Methods Mol Biol 850:301-16. 2012..A.G.E.) software suite...
Comparison of univariate and multivariate linkage analysis of traits related to hypertensionCourtney Gray-McGuire
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Case Western Reserve University, 2103 Cornell Road, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, USA
BMC Proc 3:S99. 2009..We conclude that multivariate analysis is appropriate for the analysis of multiple correlated phenotypes, and our findings suggest that it may yield new linkage signals undetected by univariate analysis...
Triglyceride levels and not adipokine concentrations are closely related to severity of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in an obesity surgery cohortSangeeta R Kashyap
Endocrinology Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Obesity (Silver Spring) 17:1696-701. 2009..061). In summary, both TG and ALT levels assist in identification of NASH in an obesity surgery cohort. These findings underscore the importance of fatty acid delivery mechanisms to NASH development in severely obese individuals...
Calculating asymptotic significance levels of the constrained likelihood ratio test with application to multivariate genetic linkage analysisNathan J Morris
Case Western Reserve University, USA
Stat Appl Genet Mol Biol 8:Article 39. 2009..We illustrate how the approach can be applied to multivariate linkage analysis in a simulation study. Some more philosophical issues relating to one-sided tests in variance components linkage analysis are discussed...
Modeling the complex gene x environment interplay in the simulated rheumatoid arthritis GAW15 data using latent variable structural equation modelingNora L Nock
Division of Genetic and Molecular Epidemiology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106 7281, USA
BMC Proc 1:S118. 2007..Moreover, because some a priori biological information is needed to form an initial substantive model, our approach may be most appropriate for candidate gene SNP panel applications...
Heritability analysis of cytokines as intermediate phenotypes of tuberculosisCatherine M Stein
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
J Infect Dis 187:1679-85. 2003..This analysis illustrates the value of such intermediate phenotypes in mapping susceptibility loci for TB and demonstrates that this area deserves further research...
Mendelian randomization in family dataNathan J Morris
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, MS 72818, Wolstein Building, 2103 Cornell Road, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, USA
BMC Proc 3:S45. 2009..We use the Framingham Heart Study data as distributed to participants in the Genetics Analysis Workshop 16...
The fa leptin receptor mutation and the heritability of respiratory frequency in a Brown Norway and Zucker intercrossSudha K Iyengar
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, USA
J Appl Physiol 97:811-20. 2004..We conclude that, unlike its major effect on weight, the effect of the fa allele is not a major gene involved in the regulation of breathing frequency...
The household contact study design for genetic epidemiological studies of infectious diseasesCatherine M Stein
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, OH, USA Uganda Case Western Reserve University Research Collaboration Kampala, Uganda
Front Genet 4:61. 2013..These study design characteristics are particularly appealing for current sequencing studies...
Pleiotropic effects of a chromosome 3 locus on speech-sound disorder and readingCatherine M Stein
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Rammelkamp Center for Research, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44109, USA
Am J Hum Genet 74:283-97. 2004..9 cM and is bounded by markers D3S3049 and D3S3045. Our results suggest that domains common to SSD and dyslexia are pleiotropically influenced by a putative quantitative trait locus on chromosome 3...
