Performance of Disease Risk Score Matching in Nested Case-Control Studies: A Simulation Study

In a case-control study, matching on a disease risk score (DRS), which includes many confounders, should theoretically result in greater precision than matching on only a few confounders; however, this has not been investigated. We simulated 1,000 hypothetical cohorts with a binary exposure, a time-...

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Veröffentlicht in:	American journal of epidemiology 2016-05, Vol.183 (10), p.949-957
Hauptverfasser:	Desai, Rishi J, Glynn, Robert J, Wang, Shirley, Gagne, Joshua J
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Age Case-Control Studies Cohort Studies Computer Simulation Confounding Factors (Epidemiology) Disease Epidemiologic Methods Gender Health risk assessment Humans Incidence Logistic Models Risk Assessment
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