Methods for Analyzing Matched Designs with Double Controls: Excess Risk is Easily Estimated and Misinterpreted When Evaluating Traffic Deaths

To demonstrate analytic approaches for matched studies where two controls are linked to each case and events are accumulating counts rather than binary outcomes. A secondary intent is to clarify the distinction between total risk and excess risk (unmatched vs matched perspectives).

Source: Journal of Clinical Epidemiology - February 13, 2018 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Donald A. Redelmeier, Robert J. Tibshirani Source Type: research