Age adjustment in ecological studies
Using a study on arsenic ingestion and bladder cancer as an example
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15357407 |
|---|---|
| Authors | How‐Ran Guo (0000-0003-3343-3446, National Cheng Kung University, corresponding author), How-Ran Guo |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 820-820 |
| Publication date | 2011-10-20 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | BMC Public Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1471-2458 • E-ISSN: 1471-2458 |
| Publisher | BioMed Central (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1186/1471-2458-11-820 |
| PMID | 22014275 |
| PMCID | PMC3224075 |
| OpenAlex | W1978223486 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 20 |
Using an empirical example, the current study confirmed the argument made by other researchers previously that whereas the three different methods of age adjustment may lead to different conclusions, only the third approach can obtain unbiased estimates of the risks. The third method can also generate estimates of the risk associated with each age group, but the other two are unable to evaluate the effects of age directly
Biostatistics · Bladder cancer · Cancer · Ecological study · Environmental health · Incidence (geometry · Linear regression · Pathology · Population · Public health · Regression analysis · Statistics · Air Quality and Health Impacts · Arsenic contamination and mitigation · Demography · Environmental Justice and Health Disparities · Mathematics · Medicine · Epidemiology · Internal Medicine
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |