Open AccessDifferences between blood donors and a population sample: implications for case–control studies
Author(s) -
Jean Golding,
Kate Northstone,
Laura L. Miller,
George Davey Smith,
Marcus Pembrey
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
international journal of epidemiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.406
H-Index - 208
eISSN - 1464-3685
pISSN - 0300-5771
DOI - 10.1093/ije/dyt095
Subject(s) - population , demography , medicine , longitudinal study , disease , personality , anthropometry , proxy (statistics) , case control study , gerontology , psychology , environmental health , statistics , social psychology , pathology , sociology , mathematics
Selecting appropriate controls for studies of genetic variation in case series is important. The two major candidates involve the use of blood donors or a random sample of the population.
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