Cluster analysis applied in the epidemiological stratification analysis / 中华流行病学杂志
Chinese Journal of Epidemiology
;
(12): 615-617, 2003.
Artigo
em Chinês
| 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>
Texto completo:
DisponíveL
Índice:
WPRIM (Pacífico Ocidental)
Assunto principal:
Viés
/
Análise por Conglomerados
/
China
/
Métodos Epidemiológicos
/
Epidemiologia
/
Análise Multivariada
/
Reprodutibilidade dos Testes
/
Fatores de Risco
/
Interpretação Estatística de Dados
/
Fatores Etários
Tipo de estudo:
Estudo de etiologia
/
Estudo prognóstico
/
Fatores de risco
Limite:
Adulto
/
Idoso
/
Humanos
País/Região como assunto:
Ásia
Idioma:
Chinês
Revista:
Chinese Journal of Epidemiology
Ano de publicação:
2003
Tipo de documento:
Artigo
Similares
MEDLINE
...
LILACS
LIS