title: General methods for analysing repeated measures.
abstract: We present an overview of issues and methods for analysing repeated measures of a continuous random variable. We discuss modelling the mean vector and covariance structure, statistical efficiency, regression diagnostics, and discrepancies between longitudinal and cross-sectional methods. We illustrate key points with examples and discuss areas requiring further development.
authors.affiliation: Division of Biometry, University of Minnesota, School of Public Health, Minneapolis 55455.
authors.forename: T A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Louis
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008875:Middle Aged; D008954:Models, Biological; D012129:Respiratory Function Tests; D012907:Smoking; D013223:Statistics as Topic