How to select covariates to include in the analysis of a clinical trial

Controlled Clinical Trials

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 330-342

  Raab, Gillian M ^a   Day, Simon ^b   Sales, Jill ^a  

^a EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Princes Risborough   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adjustment; Covariates; Design; Planning; Stratification; Variable selection

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COVARIANCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PROGNOSIS; PSORIASIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCALP; SHORT SURVEY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THEORY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033920289     PISSN: 01972456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0197-2456(00)00061-1     Document Type: Article

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