Multiple imputation of baseline data in the Cardiovascular Health Study

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 157, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 74-84

  Arnold, Alice M ^a,b   Kronmal, Richard A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Departments of Neurology and Epidemiology   (United States)

Author keywords

Biometry; Epidemiologic methods; Imputation; Missing data; Regression analysis

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DATA ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; REDUCTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS; SOFTWARE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; VENTRICULAR REMODELING;

EID: 0037220933     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwf156     Document Type: Article

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