Intracluster correlation coefficients for the Brazilian Multicenter Study on Preterm Birth (EMIP): Methodological and practical implications

BMC Medical Research Methodology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Lajos, Giuliane J ^a   Haddad, Samira M ^a   Tedesco, Ricardo P ^a   Passini, Renato ^a   Dias, Tabata Z ^a   Nomura, Marcelo L ^a   Rheder, Patrícia M ^a   Sousa, Maria H ^b   Cecatti, Jose G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b Center for Mother and Child Research of Campinas   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Indicated preterm delivery; Intracluster correlation coefficient; Neonatal morbidity; Premature rupture of membranes; Preterm birth; Spontaneous preterm labor

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PREMATURITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

BRAZIL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETAL MEMBRANES, PREMATURE RUPTURE; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE BIRTH; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 84899626427     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2288-14-54     Document Type: Article

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