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Survival Analysis II: Cox Regression
Author(s) -
Vianda S Stel,
Friedo W. Dekker,
Giovanni Tripepi,
Carmine Zoccali,
Kitty J. Jager
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
nephron clinical practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.951
H-Index - 72
ISSN - 1660-2110
DOI - 10.1159/000328916
Subject(s) - proportional hazards model , medicine , confounding , regression , regression analysis , survival analysis , contrast (vision) , regression dilution , statistics , oncology , polynomial regression , artificial intelligence , mathematics , computer science
In contrast to the Kaplan-Meier method, Cox proportional hazards regression can provide an effect estimate by quantifying the difference in survival between patient groups and can adjust for confounding effects of other variables. The purpose of this article is to explain the basic concepts of the Cox regression method, and to provide some guidance regarding the presentation of the results.

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