title: The extrapolation of attributable risk to new populations.
abstract: I develop a method for extrapolation of attributable risk estimated from one population, to other populations with a different rate of risk factor exposure and/or rate of outcome. The method uses the relationship between attributable risk and the product moment correlation.
authors.affiliation: Biometry and Field Studies Branch, National Institute of Neurological and Communicative Disorders and Stroke, Bethesda, MD 20892.
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Ellenberg
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001034:Apgar Score; D044383:Black People; D002547:Cerebral Palsy / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000208:ethnology; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000097:blood; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007230:Infant, Low Birth Weight; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008433:Mathematics; D008875:Middle Aged; D009017:Morbidity; D011379:Prognosis; D012306:Risk; D012307:Risk Factors; D044465:White People
chemical_list: D002784:Cholesterol