Non-parametric estimation of the odds ratios for continuous exposures using generalized additive models with an unknown link function

Statistics in Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1169-1184

  Cadarso Suárez, Carmen ^a   Roca Pardiñas, Javier ^b   Figueiras, Adolfo ^a   González Manteiga, Wenceslao ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

Author keywords

AIDS; Bootstrap; Generalized additive model; Link function; Local linear kernel smoothers; Local scoring

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; COVARIANCE; CURVE FITTING; HUMAN; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; METHODOLOGY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PROBABILITY; RISK; SCORING SYSTEM; SIMULATION; SPAIN; STATISTICAL MODEL; TUBERCULOSIS;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ALGORITHMS; BIOMETRY; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; ODDS RATIO; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 16844379939     PISSN: 02776715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sim.1978     Document Type: Article

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