Comparing statistical methods for removing seasonal variation from vitamin D measurements in case-control studies

Statistics and its Interface

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 85-93

  Zhang, Hong ^a,b   Ahn, Jiyoung ^c   Yu, Kai ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

25 hydroxy vitamin D; Locally weighted polynomial regression; Partial linear model; Penalized regression splines; Prostate cancer; Seasonal pattern; Sine curve

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864385534     PISSN: 19387989     EISSN: 19387997     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4310/sii.2011.v4.n1.a9     Document Type: Article

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