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Table 2 Effect of non-differential misclassification of smoking status and Rx on the rs12565497-MI association

From: Genetic association studies and the effect of misclassification and selection bias in putative confounders

% Misclassified

Average bias

  

Smokers

Non-smokers

Rx

Estimate

SE

Range

% Biased toward null

"Truth" (0% misclassification)

0.389 a

0.111 a

-

-

2

2

2

0.003

0.001

0.377-0.407

25.8

5

2

2

0.003

0.001

0.371-0.413

27.2

10

2

2

0.002

0.001

0.372-0.411

34.8

20

2

2

0.002

0.001

0.361-0.417

42.4

30

2

2

0.001

0.000

0.363-0.421

45.0

  1. aDenotes "true" estimate and standard error
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