Interpreting and comparing risks in the presence of competing events


Autoria(s): Wolkewitz, Martin; Cooper, Ben S.; Bonten, Marc J. M.; Barnett, Adrian G.; Schumacher, Martin
Data(s)

2014

Resumo

Competing events are common in medical research. Ignoring them in the statistical analysis can easily lead to flawed results and conclusions. This article uses a real dataset and a simple simulation to show how standard analysis fails and how such data should be analysed

Formato

application/pdf

Identificador

http://eprints.qut.edu.au/75919/

Publicador

B M J Group

Relação

http://eprints.qut.edu.au/75919/1/75919.pdf

DOI:10.1136/bmj.g5060

Wolkewitz, Martin, Cooper, Ben S., Bonten, Marc J. M., Barnett, Adrian G., & Schumacher, Martin (2014) Interpreting and comparing risks in the presence of competing events. BMJ, 349, g5060.

Direitos

Copyright 2014 BMJ Publishing Group Ltd

Fonte

Faculty of Health; Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation; School of Public Health & Social Work

Palavras-Chave #010401 Applied Statistics #111706 Epidemiology #competing risks #Time-to-event methods #Infectious diseases
Tipo

Journal Article