Statistical issues on the analysis of change in follow-up studies in dental research

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 412-420

  Blance, Andrew ^a,b   Tu, Yu Kang ^a,b   Baelum, Vibeke ^c   Gilthorpe, Mark S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Analysis of change; Analysis of covariance (ANCOVA); Lord's paradox; Mathematical coupling; Statistical epidemiology

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; DENTAL RESEARCH; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DENTAL RESEARCH; EPIDEMIOLOGIC RESEARCH DESIGN; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 36549083489     PISSN: 03015661     EISSN: 16000528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0528.2007.00407.x     Document Type: Article

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