Homogeneity of the relative risk in cohort studies.
We propose a statistical method to test the homogeneity of relative risk in cohort studies. We illustrate its application to an original data set from a low-risk group of end-stage renal disease patients on haemodialysis. The use of the method is as a global test against the omnibus alternative.
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Division of Biostatistics, University of Minnesota School of Public Health, Minneapolis 55455.
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D000367:Age Factors; D015331:Cohort Studies; D016001:Confidence Intervals; D006435:Renal Dialysis / Q000401:mortality; D012306:Risk; D016019:Survival Analysis