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A pressing issue accompanying this new trend is the assessment of the validity of an association study. In this editorial, we illustrate the major cause of false positive association from random sampling bias by an empirical example, and emphasize the application of the probability theory in assessing the validity of a genetic association study. </jats:p>","journal":"Clinical and Investigative 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