title: Tightrope walking: achieving the best possible balance between better model fit and accurate prediction: response to letter (IJC-D-14-00417).
authors.affiliation: Department of Hygiene and Preventive Medicine, Iwate Medical University, Japan. Electronic address: masakio@iwate-med.ac.jp.
authors.forename: Masaki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ohsawa
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Iwate Medical University, Japan.
authors.forename: Kuniaki
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ogasawara
authors.affiliation: The First Institute of Health Service, Japan Anti-Tuberculosis Association, Japan.
authors.forename: Akira
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Okayama
mesh_terms: D000419:Albuminuria / Q000401:mortality*; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000401:mortality*; D005260:Female; D005919:Glomerular Filtration Rate / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D051436:Renal Insufficiency, Chronic / Q000401:mortality*
keywords: Chronic kidney disease; Cox regression; Events per variable; Model assessment; Poisson regression