Alternatives for logistic regression in cross-sectional studies: an empirical comparison of models that directly estimate the prevalence ratio

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Cross-sectional studies with binary outcomes analyzed by logistic regression are frequent in the epidemiological literature. However, the odds ratio can importantly overestimate the prevalence ratio, the measure of choice in these studies. Also, controlling ...
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Authors Aluísio JD Barros, Vânia N Hirakata;Aluísio JD Barros;Vânia N Hirakata;
Journal BMC medical research methodology
Year 2003
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10.1186/1471-2288-3-21
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC521200
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National Center for Biotechnology Information NCBI NLM MEDLINE humans pubmed abstract nih national institutes of health national library of medicine logistic models models research support non-u.s. gov't Comparative Study linear models Evaluation Study Proportional Hazards Models odds ratio statistical* prevalence empirical research pmid:14567763 pmc521200 doi:10.1186/1471-2288-3-21 aluísio j d barros vânia n hirakata cross-sectional studies* poisson distribution

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