title: Interpreting and comparing risks in the presence of competing events.
authors.affiliation: Center for Medical Biometry and Medical Informatics, Institute for Medical Biometry and Statistics, Medical Center University of Freiburg, Germany wolke@imbi.uni-freiburg.de.
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wolkewitz
authors.affiliation: Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand Centre for Tropical Medicine, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
authors.forename: Ben S
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Cooper
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Microbiology and Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, Universitair Medical Center Utrecht, 3508 GA Utrecht, Netherlands.
authors.forename: Marc J M
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Bonten
authors.affiliation: Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation and School of Public Health and Social Work, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD 4059, Australia.
authors.forename: Adrian G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Barnett
authors.affiliation: Center for Medical Biometry and Medical Informatics, Institute for Medical Biometry and Statistics, Medical Center University of Freiburg, Germany.
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Schumacher
mesh_terms: D035843:Biomedical Research; D003627:Data Interpretation, Statistical; D006801:Humans; D015233:Models, Statistical; D018570:Risk Assessment; D016019:Survival Analysis