Nested case-control data utilized for multiple outcomes: A likelihood approach and alternatives

Statistics in Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 28, 2008, Pages 5991-6008

  Saarela, Olli ^a   Kulathinal, Sangita ^b,c   Arjas, Elja ^a,c   Läärä, Esa ^d  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b Indic Society for Education and Development India   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Case cohort design; Case control design; Competing risks; Full likelihood; Nested case control design; Pseudolikelihood; Weighted partial likelihood

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; FINLAND; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FINLAND; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE);

EID: 60849099967     PISSN: 02776715     EISSN: 10970258     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sim.3416     Document Type: Article

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