A regression model with unexplained residuals was preferred in the analysis of the fetal origins of adult diseases hypothesis

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 58, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1320-1324

  Keijzer Veen, Mandy G ^a,b   Euser, Anne Margriet ^a   Van Montfoort, Nadine ^a   Dekker, Friedo W ^a   Vandenbroucke, Jan P ^a   Van Houwelingen, Hans C ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Causal pathway; Fetal origins of adult diseases; Multivariate regression model; Residuals

Indexed keywords

ADULTHOOD; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY WEIGHT; FETUS DISEASE; HYPERTENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADULT; ANIMALS; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CAUSALITY; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OVERWEIGHT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 27744566600     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2005.04.004     Document Type: Article

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