From: Trend-TDT – a transmission/disequilibrium based association test on functional mini/microsatellites
Designation | Allele length | Notes | |||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||
Allele Frequencies | |||||||
F6.eq | 1/6 | 1/6 | 1/6 | 1/6 | 1/6 | 1/6 | Equal allele frequencies. |
F6.rd | .15 | .20 | .10 | .40 | .10 | .05 | Randomized allele frequencies. |
F6.bi | .10 | .10 | .30 | .30 | .10 | .10 | There exist two major alleles. |
Relative Risk | |||||||
RR(lin) | 1 | 1.4 | 1.8 | 2.2 | 2.6 | 3 | RRs increase linearly along with allele length. |
RR(thr4) § | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | RRs increase above a threshold of allele length. |