Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume 59, Issue 5 , Pages 448-456 , May 2006

Ordinal regression model and the linear regression model were superior to the logistic regression models

  • Colleen M. Norris

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Nursing, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
    • Division of Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Alberta, 4-130F Clinical Sciences Building, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2G3, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: 780-492-0644; fax: 780-492-1219.
    • ,
  • William A. Ghali

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
    • Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
    • Centre for Health and Policy Studies, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
    • ,
  • L. Duncan Saunders

      Affiliations

    • Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
    • ,
  • Rollin Brant

      Affiliations

    • Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
    • ,
  • Diane Galbraith

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
    • Centre for Health and Policy Studies, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
    • ,
  • Peter Faris

      Affiliations

    • Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
    • ,
  • Merril L. Knudtson

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
    • ,
  • for the APPROACH Investigators

,Accepted 12 September 2005.

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PII: S0895-4356(05)00353-7

doi: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2005.09.007

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume 59, Issue 5 , Pages 448-456 , May 2006

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