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We would like to acknowledge helpful comments made by Dr Andrew Carothers and Professor Alan Wright, MRC Human Genetics Unit, Edinburgh; and the help of Rory Mitchell in preparing Figure 2. IR is supported by the UK Medical Research Council and grant funding from the Wellcome Trust.
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Campbell, H., Rudan, I. Interpretation of genetic association studies in complex disease. Pharmacogenomics J 2, 349–360 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.tpj.6500132
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