A new hybrid record linkage process to make epidemiological databases interoperable: application to the GEMO and GENEPSO studies involving BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers.

Yue JiaoFabienne LesueurChloé-Agathe AzencottMaïté LaurentNoura MebiroukLilian LabordeJuana BeauvalletMarie-Gabrielle DondonSéverine Eon-MarchaisAnthony Laugénull nullnull nullCatherine NoguèsNadine AndrieuDominique Stoppa-LyonnetSandrine M Caputo

Published in: BMC medical research methodology (2021)

Our hybrid linkage process represents an efficient tool for linking GEMO and GENEPSO. It may be generalizable to other epidemiological studies involving other databases and registries.

Keyphrases

case control
genome wide
big data
breast cancer risk
gene expression
dna methylation
hiv infected
antiretroviral therapy