Adding local components to global functions for continuous covariates in multivariable regression modeling

Statistics in Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 7-8, 2010, Pages 808-817

  Binder, H ^a,b   Sauerbrei, W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fractional polynomials; Local components; Nonlinear effects; Regression modeling

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF COVARIANCE; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

ALLERGENS; BIOSTATISTICS; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; POLLEN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM;

EID: 77949369375     PISSN: 02776715     EISSN: 10970258     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sim.3739     Document Type: Article

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