Statistical analysis of patient-control studies in epidemiology. Factor under investigation an all-or-none variable.
Year: 1970
Type: article
Abstract: THERE is considerable confusion in the medical literature as to the correct statistical method to apply to results obtained in retrospective studies in which patients with a particular disease are individually matched to control subjects.For example, in a recent paper Vessey and Doll (1968) reported on their investigations of the rela- tion between the use of oral contraceptives and thromboembolic disease.Fifty-eight married patients admitted to hospital with deep vein thrombosis were individually matched for age, parity, and date of admission with two married control patients admitted to the same hospital for an acute surgical or medical condition.They arranged their results as follows:Oral Contraceptives
DOI: 10.1136/jech.24.1.42
Authors: M C Pike, R H Morrow
Institutions: Makerere University, Johns Hopkins University
Language: English
Subfield: Statistics and Probability
Field: Mathematics
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W2125833369