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Homogeneity of the relative risk in cohort studies
Author(s) -
Le Chap T.,
Lindgren Bruce R.,
Zelterman Daniel,
Umen Andrew J.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
statistics in medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.996
H-Index - 183
eISSN - 1097-0258
pISSN - 0277-6715
DOI - 10.1002/sim.4780100809
Subject(s) - homogeneity (statistics) , statistics , relative risk , cohort , econometrics , cohort study , medicine , statistical hypothesis testing , computer science , mathematics , confidence interval
We propose a statistical method to test the homogeneity of relative risk in cohort studies. We illustrate its application to an original data set from a low‐risk group of end‐stage renal disease patients on haemodialysis. The use of the method is as a global test against the omnibus alternative.