04808nam 2200601Ia 450 991045748600332120200520144314.088-89688-56-4(CKB)2550000000083048(EBL)837837(OCoLC)773565228(SSID)ssj0000588731(PQKBManifestationID)11384569(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000588731(PQKBWorkID)10649909(PQKB)10994451(MiAaPQ)EBC837837(Au-PeEL)EBL837837(CaPaEBR)ebr10572349(EXLCZ)99255000000008304820120705d2010 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrApplied epidemiology and biostatistics[electronic resource] /Giuseppe La TorreTorino SEEd20101 online resource (400 p.)Description based upon print version of record.88-89688-49-1 Includes bibliographical references.Title page; Colophon; Summary; Preface; 1.Measures of Occurrence; 1.1. Introduction; 1.2. Prevalence; 1.3. Incidence; 1.4. Practical issues; 1.5. Practical examples; References; 2.Measures of Association; 2.1. Relative risk; 2.2. Risk difference; 2.3. Other measures of attributable risk; 2.4. Practical examples; References; 3.Controlling for Confounding; 3.1. What is confounding in epidemiology?; 3.2. Controlling for confounding factors; 3.3. How to control for confounding factors; 3.4. Practical examples; References; 4.Cross-Sectional Studies; 4.1. Introduction4.2. Performing a cross-sectional study 4.3. A practical example; References; 5.Cohort Studies; 5.1. What is a cohort study?; 5.2. Why do we need a cohort study?; 5.3. The eligibility criteria; 5.4. The structure of a cohort study; 5.5. Censoring; 5.6. The statistical analysis in a cohort study; 5.7. Practical examples; References; 6.Experimental Studies; 6.1. What is a sample experimental study?; 6.2. Why do we need an experimental study?; 6.3. The eligibility criteria; 6.4. The randomisation process; 6.5. The blinding; 6.6. The structure of an experimental study6.7. The statistical analysis in an experimental study 6.8. Practical examples; References; 7.Temporal Trend Analysis; 7.1. Introduction; 7.2. Basic principles of temporal trend analysis; 7.3. Practical examples; References; 8. The Surveillance of Sexually Transmitted Infections: the Theory and the Practice; 8.1. Introduction; 8.2. Surveillance of sexually transmitted infections in the third millennium; 8.3. Attributes of a STI surveillance system; 8.4. Universal versus sentinel surveillance systems; 8.5. How to perform STI surveillance; 8.6. Data management and analysis8.7. Practical exercises for analysing a dataset of STIs References; 9.Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis of Clinical Trials; 9.1. What is a systematic review? What is a meta-analysis?; 9.2. Why do we need systematic reviews and meta-analyses?; 9.3. Practical steps of a meta-analysis; 9.4. A practical example of a meta-analysis of RCTs; References; 10.Meta-Analysis of Observational Studies; 10.1. Introduction; 10.2. Practical example; 10.3. Worked examples; References; 11.Genetic Epidemiology; 11.1. Key concepts of genetic epidemiology11.2. A practical example: the "candidate gene approach"References; 12.Analysis of Cost Data Using Bootstrap Technique; 12.1. Introduction; 12.2. Basic principles of the bootstrap method; 12.3. Bootstrap standard normal confidence interval; 12.4. Percentile method confidence interval; 12.5. Bias corrected and accelerated (BCa) confidence interval; 12.6. Application to example; References; 13.Sensitivity, Specificity, and ROC Curves; 13.1. Study introduction; 13.2. Sensitivity, specificity, and predictive value; 13.3. Basic principles of ROC curves; 13.4. Use of ROC analysis for comparisonReferencesThis book provides not only the theory of biostatistics, but also the opportunity of applying it in practice. 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