A comparison of two methods for estimating odds ratios: Results from the National Health Survey

BMC Medical Research Methodology

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Bakhshi, Enayatollah ^a   Eshraghian, Mohammad R ^a   Mohammad, Kazem ^a   Seifi, Behjat ^b  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DATA BASE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IRAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OBESITY; RISK; SMOKING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; ODDS RATIO; SMOKING;

EID: 58149280430     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2288-8-78     Document Type: Article

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