Comparison of methods for estimating the attributable risk in the context of survival analysis
Abstract Background The attributable risk (AR) measures the proportion of disease cases that can be attributed to an exposure in the population. Several definitions and estimation methods have been proposed for survival data. Methods Using simulations, we compared four methods for estimating AR defi...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2017-01-01
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| Series: | BMC Medical Research Methodology |
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| Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12874-016-0285-1 |