A review of the study designs and statistical methods used in the determination of predictors of all-cause mortality in HIV-infected cohorts: 2002-2011

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Otwombe, Kennedy N ^a,b   Petzold, Max ^c   Martinson, Neil ^a,d   Chirwa, Tobias ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASE CONTROL STUDY; COHORT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STUDENT T TEST; STUDY DESIGN; SURVIVAL; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; CAUSE OF DEATH; HIV INFECTIONS; METHODOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROCEDURES; PROGNOSIS; STANDARDS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LOGISTIC MODELS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 84896817265     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0087356     Document Type: Review

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