Chapter 11. Odds Ratio Methods for Case-Control Data

  1. Stephen C. Newman

Published Online: 31 MAR 2003

DOI: 10.1002/0471272612.ch11

Biostatistical Methods in Epidemiology

Biostatistical Methods in Epidemiology

How to Cite

Newman, S. C. (2003) Odds Ratio Methods for Case-Control Data, in Biostatistical Methods in Epidemiology, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, NJ, USA. doi: 10.1002/0471272612.ch11

Publication History

  1. Published Online: 31 MAR 2003
  2. Published Print: 11 JAN 2002

Book Series:

  1. Wiley Series in Probability and Statistics

Book Series Editors:

  1. David J. Balding,
  2. Peter Bloomfield,
  3. Noel A.C. Cressie,
  4. Nicholas I. Fisher,
  5. Iain M. Johnstone,
  6. J.B. Kadane,
  7. Louise M. Ryan,
  8. David W. Scott,
  9. Adrian F.M. Smith,
  10. Jozef L. Teugels

ISBN Information

Print ISBN: 9780471369141

Online ISBN: 9780471272618

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Keywords:

  • case-control;
  • matched-pairs;
  • matching

Summary

This chapter presents a justification for using odds ratio methods to analyze data from a case-control studies, and explores the application of these methods to matched case-control designs.

The section and subsection headings of the chapter are as follows:

  • Justification of the Odds Ratio Approach

    • Methodological Issues in Case-Control Studies

    • Case-Control Study Nested in a Closed Cohort Study

    • Case-Control Study Nested in an Open Cohort Study

  • Odds Ratio Methods for Matched-Pairs Case-Control Data

    • Asymptotic Conditional Analysis

    • Mantel–Haenszel and Robins–Breslow–Greenland Estimates

    • Conditional Methods for Discordant Pairs

  • Odds Ratio Methods for (1 : M) Matched Case-Control Data

    • Asymptotic Conditional Analysis

    • Mantel–Haenszel and Robins–Breslow–Greenland Estimates