Extension of the modified Poisson regression model to prospective studies with correlated binary data

Statistical Methods in Medical Research

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 661-670

  Zou, G Y ^a   Donner, Allan ^a  

^a WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

cluster randomized trials; generalized estimating equations; logistic regression; odds ratio; relative risk; sandwich estimator

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RISK FACTOR; STANDARDIZATION;

CLUSTER RANDOMIZED TRIALS; GENERALIZED ESTIMATING EQUATIONS; LOGISTIC REGRESSION; ODDS RATIO; RELATIVE RISK; SANDWICH ESTIMATOR;

POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 84888630702     PISSN: 09622802     EISSN: 14770334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0962280211427759     Document Type: Article

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