The use of fractional polynomials to model continuous risk variables in epidemiology

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 964-974

  Royston, Patrick ^a,c   Ambler, Gareth ^a   Sauerbrei, Willi ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^c HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Categorization; Continuous risk factors; Fractional polynomials; Model building; Non parametric models; Regression models

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; TECHNIQUE; UNITED KINGDOM;

CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CORONARY DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; MORTALITY; NEOPLASMS; ODDS RATIO; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0032717032     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/28.5.964     Document Type: Article

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