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

AJ, Barros; VN, Hirakata

doi:10.1186/1471-2288-3-21

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

Published in BMC medical research methodology • Oct 20, 2003

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Barros AJ

Hirakata VN

Abstract

<h4>Background</h4>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 for confounding is not ...

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