NIDDK Central Repository - Beyond the cluster: methodological and clinical implications in the Boston Area Community Health survey and EPIC studies.

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Publication Information

DOI

10.1111/j.1464-410X.2008.07653.x

PubMed ID

18419700

Public Release Type

Journal

Publication Year

2008

Affiliation

New England Research Institutes, Watertown, MA 02472, USA. rrosen@neriscience.com

Authors

Aiyer LP, Cinar A, Coyne KS, Henry D, Kaplan SA, Link CL, Mollon P, Roehrborn CG, Rosen RC, Thompson C

Studies

BACH

Citation

Rosen RC, Coyne KS, Henry D, Link CL, Cinar A, Aiyer LP, Mollon P, Kaplan SA, Roehrborn CG, Thompson C. Beyond the cluster: methodological and clinical implications in the Boston Area Community Health survey and EPIC studies. BJU Int 2008 May;101(10):1274-8.

Abstract

To test the replicability and robustness of findings about urological symptoms in men and women, classified using an objective statistical method, cluster analysis, by planned sensitivity analyses conducted within and across two large, epidemiological studies of lower urinary tract symptoms.