Cluster analysis applied in the epidemiological stratification analysis / 中华流行病学杂志
Chinese Journal of Epidemiology
;
(12): 615-617, 2003.
Article
in Chinese
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-348800
ABSTRACT
<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To establish a new method on stratification analysis when the stratification limits of confounding factors was not clear or contradictory.</p><p><b>METHOD</b>Data on a study of diabetes mellitus in Guangdong province collected in the year of 1997 and 1998 was analyzed using cluster-stratification analysis.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>The efficiency of stratification analysis was improved and the confounding bias was effectively controlled with information bias avoided when the clusters-stratification analysis was applied.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>The problem was logically solved using cluster analysis as an assistant stratification means.</p>
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Index:
WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Bias
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Cluster Analysis
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China
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Epidemiologic Methods
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Epidemiology
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Multivariate Analysis
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Reproducibility of Results
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Risk Factors
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Data Interpretation, Statistical
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Age Factors
Type of study:
Etiology study
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Prognostic study
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Risk factors
Limits:
Adult
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Aged
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Humans
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
Chinese
Journal:
Chinese Journal of Epidemiology
Year:
2003
Type:
Article
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