A statistical test for the equality of differently adjusted incidence rate ratios

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 167, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 517-522

  Hoffmann, Kurt ^a   Pischon, Tobias ^a   Schulz, Mandy ^a   Schulze, Matthias B ^a   Ray, Jennifer ^a   Boeing, Heiner ^a  

^a GERMAN INSTITUTE OF HUMAN NUTRITION   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cohort studies; Confounding; Diabetes mellitus, type 2; Epidemiologic methods; Proportional hazards models; Statistics

Indexed keywords

CANCER; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIABETES; DISEASE INCIDENCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOFTWARE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; METHODOLOGY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ADJUSTMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 40049087684     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwm357     Document Type: Article

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