Journal article
Population attributable fractions for continuously distributed exposures
Abstract
Abstract
When estimating population attributable fractions (PAF), it is common to partition a naturally continuous exposure into a categorical risk factor. While prior risk factor categorization can help estimation and interpretation, it can result in underestimation of the disease burden attributable to the exposure as well as biased comparisons across different exposures and risk factors. Here, we propose sensible PAF …
Authors
Ferguson J; Maturo F; Yusuf S; O’Donnell M
Journal
Epidemiologic Methods, Vol. 9, No. 1,
Publisher
De Gruyter
Publication Date
January 1, 2020
DOI
10.1515/em-2019-0037
ISSN
2194-9263