Risk factors of congenital hypothyroidism using propensity score: A matched case-control study

Journal of Research in Health Sciences

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 151-156

  Rezaeian, Shahab ^a   Poorolajal, Jalal ^b   Moghimbegi, Abbas ^b   Esmailnasab, Nader ^c  

^a HAMADAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b HAMADAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c KURDISTAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Case control studies; Congenital hypothyroidism; Iran; Logistic regression; Propensity score

Indexed keywords

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BIRTH; BIRTH WEIGHT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONGENITAL HYPOTHYROIDISM; CONSANGUINITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; EDUCATION; FATHER; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GOITER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL DISEASE; MATURITY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; NEWBORN JAUNDICE; PROGNOSIS; PROPENSITY SCORE; RISK FACTOR; SEASON; SMOKING; STATISTICAL MODEL; TWINS; ADULT; IRAN; PREGNANCY; TWIN PREGNANCY;

ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONGENITAL HYPOTHYROIDISM; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; IRAN; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, TWIN; PROPENSITY SCORE; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS;

EID: 84884268584     PISSN: 16822765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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