Assessing the relationship between the baseline value of a continuous variable and subsequent change over time

Frontiers in Public Health

Volumn 1, Issue AUG, 2013, Pages

  Chiolero, Arnaud ^a,b   Paradis, Gilles ^b,c,d   Rich, Benjamin ^b   Hanley, James A ^b  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF THE MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^d Division of Biological Risks and Occupational Health   (Canada)

Author keywords

Baseline value; Change; Mathematical coupling; Measurement error; Regression to the mean

Indexed keywords

EID: 84923313130     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22962565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2013.00029     Document Type: Article

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