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Prospective cohort

Definition
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Participants enrolled forward in time with outcomes ascertained after baseline—reduces recall bias for exposures.

Topics
Epidemiology
Related
Cohort Cohort Study Phenotype

Why it matters in GWAS

Epidemiologic measures and designs frame how phenotypes, sampling, and time-to-event endpoints are defined—directly affecting GWAS interpretation, meta-analysis, and translation.

Example usage

"The methods explicitly include Prospective cohort to support interpretation of the main findings."

Cohort Cohort Study Phenotype
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References

  • Rothman KJ, Greenland S, Lash TL. (2008). Modern Epidemiology. Wolters Kluwer.
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