PhD thesis - University of Hertfordshire Research Archive
PhD thesis - University of Hertfordshire Research Archive
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together, etc). The results <strong>of</strong> the separate proximal analyses were then<br />
combined in a single logistic regression model which contained and retained<br />
the variables from the final distal model<br />
For the disease determinant analysis, appropriate denominator data were<br />
obtained from the Office for National Statistics (ONS). Case data were than<br />
classified according to the particular classification schemes employed by the<br />
ONS and incidence calculated by comparing the case numerator with the<br />
population denominator for the different strata within the particular categories<br />
under investigation. Relative risks with accompanying 95% confidence<br />
intervals and significance tests were calculated where required using Stata.<br />
Proportions and categorical proportions were compared using the chi-<br />
squared test and the chi squared test for trend respectively, which were<br />
calculated using Epi Info (Dean et al., 1996).<br />
Further methodological considerations, particular to each study, are<br />
described in the following chapter.<br />
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