Understanding and using confidence intervals in clinical research

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 201-206

  Visintainer, Paul F ^a   Tejani, Nergesh ^b  

^a NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b WESTCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Confidence intervals; P values; Statistical significance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; CLINICAL RESEARCH; EXPOSURE; HYPOTHESIS; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; STATISTICS;

CHORIOAMNIONITIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; FETAL MEMBRANES, PREMATURE RUPTURE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEUKOMALACIA, PERIVENTRICULAR; MAGNESIUM SULFATE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; RESEARCH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TOCOLYTIC AGENTS;

EID: 0031904090     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14767059809020442     Document Type: Article

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