title: Multivariate or multivariable regression?
abstract: The terms multivariate and multivariable are often used interchangeably in the public health literature. However, these terms actually represent 2 very distinct types of analyses. We define the 2 types of analysis and assess the prevalence of use of the statistical term multivariate in a 1-year span of articles published in the American Journal of Public Health. Our goal is to make a clear distinction and to identify the nuances that make these types of analyses so distinct from one another.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biostatistics, Section on Statistical Genetics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, AL, USA. bhidalgo@uab.edu
authors.forename: Bertha
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Hidalgo
authors.forename: Melody
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Goodman
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D016014:Linear Models; D016015:Logistic Models; D011634:Public Health; D012044:Regression Analysis