Correcting for multivariate measurement error by regression calibration in meta-analyses of epidemiological studies

Statistics in Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1067-1092

  Wood, Angela Mary ^a   Thompson, S G ^c   Kostis, J B ^c   Wilson, A C ^c   Wu, K ^c   Benderly, M ^c   Goldbourt, U ^c   Willeit, J ^c   Kiechl, S ^c   Yarnell, J W G ^c   Sweetman, P M ^c   Elwood, P C ^c   Cushman, M ^c   Tracy, R P ^c   Tybjaerg Hansen A ^c   Haverkate, F ^c   Lee, A J ^c   Smith, F B ^c   Salomaa, V ^c   Harald, K ^c   Rasi, V ^c   Jousilahti, P ^c   Pekkanen, J ^c   D'Agostino, R ^c   Wilson, P W F ^c   Tofler, G ^c   Levy, D ^c   Marchioli, R ^c   Valagussa, F ^c   Rosengren, A ^c   Lappas, G ^c   Eriksson, H ^c   Cremer, P ^c   Nagel, D ^c   Curb, J D ^b   Rodriguez, B ^b   Yano, K ^b   Salonen, J T ^c   Nyyssonen K ^c   Tuomainen, T P ^c   Hedblad, B ^c   Engstrom G ^c   Berglund, G ^c   Loewel, H ^c   Hense, H W ^c   Mead, T W ^c   Cooper, J A ^c,c   De Stavola, B ^c   Knottenbelt, C ^c   Miller, G J ^c   Bauer, K A ^c   Rosenberg, R D ^c   Sato, S ^c   Kitamura, A ^c   Naito, Y ^c   Iso, H ^c   Vahtera, E ^c   Palosuo, T ^c   Ducimetriere, P ^c   Amouyel, P ^c   Arveiler, D ^c   Evans, A E ^c   Ferrieres, J ^c   Juhan Vague, I ^c   Bingham, A ^c   Schulte, H ^c   Assmann, G ^c   Cantin, B ^c   Lamarche, B ^c   Despres J P ^c   Tunstall Pedoe, H ^c   Lowe, G D O ^c,c,c   Woodward, M ^c   Ben Shlomo, Y ^c   Smith, G Davey ^c   Palmieri, V ^c   Yeh, J L ^c   Meade, T W ^c   Brennan, P ^c   Ridker, P ^c   Rodeghiero, F ^c   Tosetto, A ^c   Shepherd, J ^c   Ford, I ^c   Robertson, M ^c   Brunner, E ^c   Shipley, M ^c   Feskens, E J M ^c   Kromhout, D ^c   Di Angelantonio, E ^c   Kaptoge, S ^c   Lewington, S ^c   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b Honolulu Heart Program   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Individual participant data; Measurement error; Meta analysis; Regression calibration; Within person variation

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOGEN;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CALIBRATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; COVARIANCE; DATA ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FIBRINOGEN BLOOD LEVEL; HAZARD RATIO; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MEASUREMENT ERROR; META ANALYSIS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPEAT PROCEDURE; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICAL MODEL;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; FIBRINOGEN; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 67749102677     PISSN: 02776715     EISSN: 10970258     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sim.3530     Document Type: Article

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