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A parametric copula model for analysis of familial binary data.

D A Trégou t1, P Ducimetière, V Bocquet

  • 1Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM) Unité Paris, France.

American Journal of Human Genetics
|March 3, 1999
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This study introduces a new copula model for analyzing binary family traits, offering aggregation parameter estimates independent of family size and member order. This statistical genetics approach simplifies familial disease analysis.

Area of Science:

  • Statistical genetics
  • Quantitative genetics
  • Biostatistics

Background:

  • Modeling joint distributions of binary traits in families is challenging due to limitations of existing statistical models.
  • Previous models often rely on unverifiable assumptions or yield parameter estimates dependent on family structure and size.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To present a novel copula-based statistical model for analyzing binary familial data.
  • To develop a method providing aggregation parameter estimates independent of family size and member ordering.

Main Methods:

  • Incorporation of copula models for exchangeable categorical data into a familial framework.
  • Decomposition of nuclear families into parent and offspring sets with distinct aggregation parameters (alphaFM, alphaSS).

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  • Marginal probabilities modeled using logistic regression.

    • Main Results:

    • The proposed copula model yields aggregation parameter estimates independent of family size and does not require arbitrary ordering of siblings.
    • The model is computationally efficient and easily integrated into segregation or combined segregation-linkage analyses.

    Conclusions:

    • Copula models offer a flexible and robust framework for analyzing binary familial traits.
    • The method provides reliable estimates of familial aggregation, applicable to genetic analyses like linkage studies.