SELECTION OF CONTROLS IN CASE-CONTROL STUDIES .3. DESIGN OPTIONS

被引:345
作者
WACHOLDER, S
SILVERMAN, DT
MCLAUGHLIN, JK
MANDEL, JS
机构
[1] NCI,BIOSTAT BRANCH,BETHESDA,MD 20892
[2] UNIV MINNESOTA,SCH PUBL HLTH,DEPT ENVIRONM & OCCUPAT HLTH,MINNEAPOLIS,MN 55455
关键词
BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;
D O I
10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a116398
中图分类号
R1 [预防医学、卫生学];
学科分类号
1004 ; 120402 ;
摘要
Several design options available in the planning stage of case-control studies are examined. Topics covered include matching, control/case ratio, choice of nested case-control or case-cohort design, two-stage sampling, and other methods that can be used for control selection. The effect of potential problems in obtaining comparable accuracy of exposure is also examined. A discussion of the difficulty in meeting the principles of study base, deconfounding, and comparable accuracy (S. Wacholder et al. Am J Epidemiol 1992; 1 35:1019-28) in a single study completes this series of papers.
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页码:1042 / 1050
页数:9
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