A simple method for estimating relative risk using logistic regression

BMC Medical Research Methodology

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Diaz Quijano, Fredi A ^a  

^a Grupo Latinoamericano de Investigaciones Epidemiolágicas   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Logistic regression; Odds ratio; Prevalence ratio; Relative risk.

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREVALENCE; RISK; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84856982562     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2288-12-14     Document Type: Article

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