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CAG-repeat length and the age of onset in Huntington disease (HD): a review and validation study of statistical approaches.

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العنوان: CAG-repeat length and the age of onset in Huntington disease (HD): a review and validation study of statistical approaches.
المؤلفون: Langbehn, DR, Hayden, MR, Paulsen, JS, PREDICT-HD Investigators of the Huntington Study Group
المصدر: Am J Med Genet B Neuropsychiatr Genet , 153B (2) pp. 397-408. (2010)
سنة النشر: 2010
مصطلحات موضوعية: Adult, Age of Onset, Aged, 80 and over, Female, Humans, Huntington Disease, Longitudinal Studies, Male, Middle Aged, Models, Statistical, Theoretical, Peptides, Prognosis, Prospective Studies, Trinucleotide Repeats, psy, stat
الوصف: CAG-repeat length in the gene for HD is inversely correlated with age of onset (AOO). A number of statistical models elucidating the relationship between CAG length and AOO have recently been published. In the present article, we review the published formulae, summarize essential differences in participant sources, statistical methodologies, and predictive results. We argue that unrepresentative sampling and failure to use appropriate survival analysis methodology may have substantially biased much of the literature. We also explain why the survival analysis perspective is necessary if any such model is to undergo prospective validation. We use prospective diagnostic data from the PREDICT-HD longitudinal study of CAG-expanded participants to test conditional predictions derived from two survival models of AOO of HD. A prior model of the relationship of CAG and AOO originally published by Langbehn et al. yields reasonably accurate predictions, while a similar model by Gutierrez and MacDonald substantially overestimates diagnosis risk for all but the highest risk participants in this sample. The Langbehn et al. model appears accurate enough to have substantial utility in various research contexts. We also emphasize remaining caveats, many of which are relevant for any direct application to genetic counseling.
نوع الوثيقة: article in journal/newspaper
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العلاقة: http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/1390176Test/
الإتاحة: http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/1390176Test/
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رقم الانضمام: edsbas.FA5C66D7
قاعدة البيانات: BASE