Open AccessExplaining the Sex Effect on Survival in Cystic Fibrosis: a Joint Modeling Study of UK Registry Data
Author(s) -
David Taylor-Robinson,
Daniela K Schlüter,
Peter J. Diggle,
Jessica Barrett
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
epidemiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.901
H-Index - 173
eISSN - 1531-5487
pISSN - 1044-3983
DOI - 10.1097/ede.0000000000001248
Subject(s) - medicine , confidence interval , hazard ratio , confounding , demography , proportional hazards model , cystic fibrosis , lung function , survival analysis , random effects model , lung , meta analysis , sociology
Male sex is associated with better lung function and survival in people with cystic fibrosis but it is unclear whether the survival benefit is solely due to the sex-effect on lung function.