A regression model for risk difference estimation in population-based case-control studies clarifies gender differences in lung cancer risk of smokers and never smokers

BMC Medical Research Methodology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Kovalchik, Stephanie A ^a   De Matteis, Sara ^b   Landi, Maria Teresa ^c   Caporaso, Neil E ^c   Varadhan, Ravi ^d   Consonni, Dario ^b   Bergen, Andrew W ^e   Katki, Hormuzd A ^c   Wacholder, Sholom ^c  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b FONDAZIONE IRCCS CA GRANDA OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e SRI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Absolute risk; Additive risk; Case control study; EAGLE; Lung cancer; Risk assessment; Sex factors; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG TUMOR; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; SMOKING; STATISTICAL MODEL; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SMOKING;

EID: 84888346371     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2288-13-143     Document Type: Article

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