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Survival Point Estimate Prediction In Matched And Non-Matched Case-Control Subsample Designed Studies, Annette M. Molinaro, Mark J. Van Der Laan, Dan H. Moore, Karla Kerlikowske
Survival Point Estimate Prediction In Matched And Non-Matched Case-Control Subsample Designed Studies, Annette M. Molinaro, Mark J. Van Der Laan, Dan H. Moore, Karla Kerlikowske
U.C. Berkeley Division of Biostatistics Working Paper Series
Providing information about the risk of disease and clinical factors that may increase or decrease a patient's risk of disease is standard medical practice. Although case-control studies can provide evidence of strong associations between diseases and risk factors, clinicians need to be able to communicate to patients the age-specific risks of disease over a defined time interval for a set of risk factors.
An estimate of absolute risk cannot be determined from case-control studies because cases are generally chosen from a population whose size is not known (necessary for calculation of absolute risk) and where duration of follow-up is not …