When is baseline adjustment useful in analyses of change? An example with education and cognitive change

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 162, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 267-278

  Glymour, M Maria ^a   Weuve, Jennifer ^a   Berkman, Lisa F ^a   Kawachi, Ichiro ^a   Robins, James M ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Bias (epidemiology); Cognition; Educational status; Epidemiologic methods; Longitudinal studies; Models, statistical; Neuropsychological tests; Regression analysis

Indexed keywords

BASELINE CONDITIONS; COGNITION; EDUCATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; AGE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); COGNITION DISORDERS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 24144488415     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwi187     Document Type: Article

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