title: Use of the logistic model in retrospective studies.
abstract: A logistic regression model is used to study the association between a dichotomous exposure variable and a disease. The method takes into account factors that may confound the association and leads to a quantitative study of the influence of factors which are related to the strength of the association. Special results are given for matched pair data. A case-control study relating post-menopausal estrogen use and endometrial cancer provides illustration.
mesh_terms: D001699:Biometry; D004194:Disease / Q000209:etiology*; D004967:Estrogens / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000150:complications; D008593:Menopause; D008954:Models, Biological; D009765:Obesity / Q000150:complications; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D014594:Uterine Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology
chemical_list: D004967:Estrogens