Comparison of the risk difference, risk ratio and odds ratio scales for quantifying the unadjusted intervention effect in cluster randomized trials

Statistics in Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 25, 2008, Pages 5143-5155

  Ukoumunne, Obioha C ^a   Forbes, Andrew B ^b   Carlin, John B ^a   Gulliford, Martin C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Binary outcomes; Cluster randomized trials; Cluster level analysis; Generalized estimating equations

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS;

ALGORITHMS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; HUMANS; ODDS RATIO; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 60249089825     PISSN: 02776715     EISSN: 10970258     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sim.3359     Document Type: Article

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