An Attributable Risk Model for Exposures Assumed to Cause Both Chronic Disease and its Exacerbations

Autor: Künzli, Nino, Perez, Laura, Lurmann, Fred, Hricko, Andrea, Penfold, Bryan, McConnell, Rob
Zdroj: Epidemiology; March 2008, Vol. 19 Issue: 2 p179-185, 7p
Abstrakt: Many chronic diseases are the product of an underlying pathologic condition and superimposed acute exacerbations. This model may apply to several conditions such as asthma, other obstructive lung diseases, or atherosclerosis. For exposures affecting both the development of chronic disease and its exacerbation, the usual methods to derive attributable risks (AR) are inappropriate.
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