Integrated probability of coronary heart disease subject to the −308 tumor necrosis factor-alpha SNP: a Bayesian meta-analysis

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Introduction

Methods

Data selection

Data heterogeneity

Hypotheses testing

Correlation sign

Results

Inference of conditional probabilities

Posterior probability for the occurrence of CHD

Prediction of the presence of the SNP

Sensitivity of the results

Conclusions

Additional Information and Declarations

Competing Interests

The author declares there are no competing interests.

Author Contributions

C. Sofia Carvalho analyzed the data, wrote the paper, prepared figures and/or tables, reviewed drafts of the paper.

Funding

The author is funded by Fundacao para a Ciencia e a Tecnologia (FCT), Grant no. SFRH/BPD/65993/2009. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.

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