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Overestimation of risk ratios by odds ratios in trials and cohort studies: alternatives to logistic regression
Mirjam J. Knol, Saskia Le Cessie, Ale Algra, Jan P. Vandenbroucke and Rolf H.H. Groenwold
CMAJ May 15, 2012 184 (8) 895-899; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.101715
Mirjam J. Knol
From the Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care (Knol, Algra, Groenwold), University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands; and the Departments of Clinical Epidemiology (Le Cessie, Algra, Vandenbroucke) and Medical Statistics and BioInformatics (Le Cessie), Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
PhDSaskia Le Cessie
From the Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care (Knol, Algra, Groenwold), University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands; and the Departments of Clinical Epidemiology (Le Cessie, Algra, Vandenbroucke) and Medical Statistics and BioInformatics (Le Cessie), Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
PhDAle Algra
From the Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care (Knol, Algra, Groenwold), University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands; and the Departments of Clinical Epidemiology (Le Cessie, Algra, Vandenbroucke) and Medical Statistics and BioInformatics (Le Cessie), Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
MD PhDJan P. Vandenbroucke
From the Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care (Knol, Algra, Groenwold), University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands; and the Departments of Clinical Epidemiology (Le Cessie, Algra, Vandenbroucke) and Medical Statistics and BioInformatics (Le Cessie), Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
MD PhDRolf H.H. Groenwold
From the Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care (Knol, Algra, Groenwold), University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands; and the Departments of Clinical Epidemiology (Le Cessie, Algra, Vandenbroucke) and Medical Statistics and BioInformatics (Le Cessie), Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
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- Mirjam J. Knol, PhD⇑,
- Saskia Le Cessie, PhD,
- Ale Algra, MD PhD,
- Jan P. Vandenbroucke, MD PhD,
- Rolf H.H. Groenwold, MD PhD
- From the Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care (Knol, Algra, Groenwold), University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands; and the Departments of Clinical Epidemiology (Le Cessie, Algra, Vandenbroucke) and Medical Statistics and BioInformatics (Le Cessie), Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
- Correspondence to:
Dr. Mirjam J. Knol, m.j.knol{at}umcutrecht.nl
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Mirjam J. Knol, Saskia Le Cessie, Ale Algra, Jan P. Vandenbroucke, Rolf H.H. Groenwold
CMAJ May 2012, 184 (8) 895-899; DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.101715
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