Using the whole cohort in the analysis of case-cohort data

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 169, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1398-1405

  Breslow, Norman E ^a   Lumley, Thomas ^a   Ballantyne, Christie M ^b   Chambless, Lloyd E ^c   Kulich, Michal ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c IL   (United States)

^d CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Calibration; Efficiency; Observation; Proportional hazards models; Selection bias

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DATA INTERPRETATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH RISK; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TUMOR;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CALIBRATION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CASE STUDY; COHORT ANALYSIS; COVARIANCE; HAZARD RATIO; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; NEPHROBLASTOMA; SAMPLING; SIMULATION;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CALIBRATION; COHORT STUDIES; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; OBSERVATION; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS; SAMPLING STUDIES;

EID: 66249143397     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwp055     Document Type: Article

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