Sentences with phrase «generalised estimating»

Generalised estimating equations were used to analyse the data to ensure that statistical assumptions about equal group sizes would not be violated.

Internalising and externalising behaviour was related to father involvement in crude and adjusted logistic regression and generalised estimating equation models.

This already provides some information about our hypotheses c and d; nevertheless, we tested both hypotheses utilizing Generalised Estimating Equation (GEE) analyses with conduct problems at time 2 as the dependent variable, CU traits as a between - groups factor, and conduct problems at time 1, change in Emotional Distance, and change in Family Disorganization, and the interactions between CU traits and change in emotional distance and family disorganisation, as covariates.

For all models, logistic regression was undertaken within the generalised estimating equations framework to account for the correlations within a family.

Logistic generalised estimating equations (GEEs) were used to investigate the associations between the adolescent drinking variables and the repeated binary measures of AUDs in adulthood.

Not exact matches

At the end of 2013 — even before the Iraq crisis forced an estimated 1.8 million Iraqis from their homes — around 51.2 million people worldwide had been forcibly displaced due to «persecution, conflict, generalised violence or human rights violations», according to the UN News Centre.

We used multiple regression to estimate the differences in total cost between the settings for birth and to adjust for potential confounders, including maternal age, parity, ethnicity, understanding of English, marital status, BMI, index of multiple deprivation score, parity, and gestational age at birth, which could each be associated with planned place of birth and with adverse outcomes.12 For the generalised linear model on costs, we selected a γ distribution and identity link function in preference to alternative distributional forms and link functions on the basis of its low Akaike's information criterion (AIC) statistic.

We applied generalised linear mixed models via PROC GLIMMIX to estimate the effects of different transitional patterns of exercise on depressive symptoms with HLDS as the event, after adjusting for the previous CESD score, age, gender, level of education, marital status, smoking, physical function, emotional support, social participation, self - rated health, economic satisfaction, employment and 10 chronic conditions.

That more consideration be given to modelling as a method to estimate economic outcomes for existing effectiveness trial results, and to generalise existing quality economic evaluation results to other jurisdictions.

Our results should be generalised with caution, although it should be noted that the rates of overweight in our sample were in line with estimated national averages.

We will explore whether the between - family variation needs to be estimated separately for families with and without siblings, or whether it can be generalised across all families.59

Person weights were used to generalise results to the total Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population, based on the inverse of the probability of selection in the NATSISS calibrated to benchmarks based on combinations of age, sex, remoteness and state in the estimated resident population in private dwellings on 31 December 2008.