Case-only approach applied in environmental epidemiology: 2 examples of interaction effect using the US National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) datasets

Case-only approach applied in environmental epidemiology: 2 examples of interaction effect using the US National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) datasets

Abstract Introduction By substituting the general ‘susceptibility factor’ concept for the conventional ‘gene’ concept in the case-only approach for gene-environment interaction, the case-only approach can also be used in environmental epidemiology. Under the independence between the susceptibility f...

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Main Authors: Jinyoung Moon, Hwan-Cheol Kim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2022-09-01
Series:BMC Medical Research Methodology
Subjects:
Case-only approach
Environmental epidemiology
Interaction effect
Independence assumption
National Health and Nutritional Examination Survey
Susceptibility factor
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12874-022-01706-6

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s12874-022-01706-6

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