Digna R. Velez

A balanced accuracy function for epistasis modeling in imbalanced datasets using multifactor dimensionality reduction

Digna R. Velez, Bill C. White, Alison A. Motsinger‐Reif et al. · Genetic Epidemiology · 2007 · 378 citations

DC-SIGN (CD209), pentraxin 3 and vitamin D receptor gene variants associate with pulmonary tuberculosis risk in West Africans

Rikke Olesen, Christian Wejse, Digna R. Velez et al. · Genes and Immunity · 2007 · 185 citations

Disease Susceptibility, Pulmonary Tuberculosis, Pulmonary Tuberculosis Risk +9

Variants in toll-like receptors 2 and 9 influence susceptibility to pulmonary tuberculosis in Caucasians, African-Americans, and West Africans

Digna R. Velez, Christian Wejse, Martín E. Stryjewski et al. · Human Genetics · 2009 · 160 citations · Full text

Inflammation, Toll-like Receptors, Toll-like Receptors 2 +9

Multilocus interactions at maternal tumor necrosis factor-α, tumor necrosis factor receptors, interleukin-6 and interleukin-6 receptor genes predict spontaneous preterm labor in European-American women

Ramkumar Menon, Digna R. Velez, Hyagriv N. Simhan et al. · American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology · 2006 · 92 citations

Multilocus Interactions, Immunology, Reproductive Health +18

Preterm Birth in Caucasians Is Associated with Coagulation and Inflammation Pathway Gene Variants

Digna R. Velez, Stephen J. Fortunato, Poul Thorsen et al. · PLoS ONE · 2008 · 80 citations · Full text

Weeks Gestation-ptb, Genetics, Genetic Epidemiology +24