Statistical analysis of epidemiologic data of pregnancy outcomes

Journal Article · Wed Feb 01 00:00:00 EST 1989 · Environmental Health Perspectives; (USA)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1289/ehp.8979223· OSTI ID:5584653

Butler, W J; Kalasinski, L A ^[1]

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1. Failure Analysis Associates, Palo Alto, CA (USA)

In this paper, a generalized logistic regression model for correlated observations is used to analyze epidemiologic data on the frequency of spontaneous abortion among a group of women office workers. The results are compared to those obtained from the use of the standard logistic regression model that assumes statistical independence among all the pregnancies contributed by one woman. In this example, the correlation among pregnancies from the same woman is fairly small and did not have a substantial impact on the magnitude of estimates of parameters of the model. This is due at least partly to the small average number of pregnancies contributed by each woman.

• OSTI ID: 5584653
• Journal Information: Environmental Health Perspectives; (USA), Vol. 79; ISSN 0091-6765
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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