Estimation of the mediation effect with a binary mediator

Statistics in Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 18, 2007, Pages 3398-3414

  Li, Yan ^a,b   Schneider, Julie A ^b,c   Bennett, David A ^b,c  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Apolipoprotein E 4; Direct effect; Logit; Mediation effect; Probit

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E4;

AGING; ALLELE; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CLINICAL STUDY; COGNITION; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; OUTCOME VARIABLE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; THEORETICAL STUDY;

AGING; ALGORITHMS; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; APOLIPOPROTEIN E4; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; COGNITION; HUMANS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34547454304     PISSN: 02776715     EISSN: 10970258     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sim.2730     Document Type: Article

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