2014
Disease Risk Estimation by Combining Case–Control Data with Aggregated Information on the Population at Risk
Chang X, Waagepetersen R, Yu H, Ma X, Holford TR, Wang R, Guan Y. Disease Risk Estimation by Combining Case–Control Data with Aggregated Information on the Population at Risk. Biometrics 2014, 71: 114-121. PMID: 25351292, PMCID: PMC4782587, DOI: 10.1111/biom.12256.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAlgorithmsCase-Control StudiesComputer SimulationData Interpretation, StatisticalEndometrial NeoplasmsEpidemiologic MethodsFemaleHumansInformation Storage and RetrievalModels, StatisticalPrevalenceRisk AssessmentConceptsCase-control dataUnbiased estimating equationsFinite sample performanceNovel statistical frameworkSummary statisticsAsymptotic propertiesPopulation Estimates ProgramStatistical frameworkSubstantive applicationsEstimating EquationsEquationsStatisticsStandard approachEstimationEstimates ProgramEstimatorRisk estimationSimulationsApproach
2009
A Birth Cohort Analysis of the Incidence of Papillary Thyroid Cancer in the United States, 1973–2004
Zhu C, Zheng T, Kilfoy BA, Han X, Ma S, Ba Y, Bai Y, Wang R, Zhu Y, Zhang Y. A Birth Cohort Analysis of the Incidence of Papillary Thyroid Cancer in the United States, 1973–2004. Thyroid 2009, 19: 1061-1066. PMID: 19732011, PMCID: PMC2833179, DOI: 10.1089/thy.2008.0342.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPapillary thyroid cancerBirth-cohort patternThyroid cancerIncidence trendsCohort patternsNational Cancer Institute's SurveillanceCohort modelingEnd Results ProgramBirth cohort effectsObserved incidence trendsBirth cohort analysisPapillary thyroid carcinomaSmall thyroid nodulesCohort-related changesObserved time trendsPeriod effectsResults ProgramCohort analysisThyroid carcinomaBirth cohortIncidence patternsThyroid nodulesCancerIncidenceStudy period