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ReviewCurrent epidemiology reports2017

Analytic Complexity and Challenges in Identifying Mixtures of Exposures Associated with Phenotypes in the Exposome Era.

Chirag J Patel

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Review in Current epidemiology reports, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 36 papers.

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Chirag J PatelDepartment of Biomedical Informatics, Harvard Medical School, 10 Shattuck St, Boston, MA 02115 USA.

Funding

TrainingU54HG007963 · NHGRI · HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL · PI KOHANE, ISAAC S., MURPHY, SHAWN N · 2014 to 2018
$18.3M
Data-driven identification of environmental factors in cardiovascular diseaseR00ES023504 · NIEHS · HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL · PI PATEL, CHIRAG J. · 2016 to 2018
$728k
Increasing the power of GxE detection by using multi-locus genome-wide predictorsR21ES025052 · NIEHS · HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL · PI PATEL, CHIRAG J. · 2015 to 2017
$434k
NHGRI NIH HHS U54 HG007963NIEHS NIH HHS R00 ES023504NIEHS NIH HHS R21 ES025052
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purpose of reviewMixtures, or combinations and interactions between multiple environmental exposures, are hypothesized to be causally linked with disease and health-related phenotypes. Established and emerging molecular measurement technologies to assay the RECENT

findingsExisting and emerging machine-learning methods and data analytic approaches (e.g., "environment-wide association studies" [EWASs]), as well as large cohorts may enhance possibilities to identify mixtures of correlated exposures associated with phenotypes; however, the analytic complexity of identifying mixtures is immense. SUMMARY: If the exposome concept is realized, new analytical methods and large sample sizes will be required to ascertain how mixtures are associated with disease. The author recommends documenting prevalent correlated exposures and replicated main effects prior to identifying mixtures.

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