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ArticleJournal of the American Statistical Association2014

A new estimation approach for combining epidemiological data from multiple sources.

Hui Huang, Xiaomei Ma, Rasmus Waagepetersen, Theodore R Holford, Rong Wang, Harvey Risch, Lloyd Mueller, Yongtao Guan

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8 authors.

Hui HuangDepartment of Management Science, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL 33124.
Xiaomei MaYale School of Public Health, New Haven, CT 06520.
Rasmus WaagepetersenDepartment of Mathematical Sciences, Aalborg University, Fredrik Bajersvej 7G, DK-9220 Aalborg, Denmark.
Theodore R HolfordYale School of Public Health, New Haven, CT 06520.
Rong WangYale School of Public Health, New Haven, CT 06520.
Harvey RischYale School of Public Health, New Haven, CT 06520.
Lloyd MuellerConnecticut Department of Public Health, 410 Capitol Avenue, MS# 11HCQ, Hartford, CT 06134.
Yongtao GuanDepartment of Management Science, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL 33124.

Funding

Case-Control Study of Pancreas Cancer Etiologic FactorsR01CA098870 · NCI · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI RISCH, HARVEY A · 2003 to 2008
$3.5M
Traffic and Respiratory HealthR01ES017416 · NIEHS · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI GENT, JANNEANE FERGUSON, HOLFORD, THEODORE R · 2009 to 2013
$3.0M
New Statistical Methods to Handle Spatial Uncertainty in Cancer Risk EstimationR01CA169043 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI CORAL GABLES · PI GUAN, YONGTAO, MA, XIAOMEI · 2013 to 2016
$1.7M
NCI NIH HHS HHSN261201300019CNCI NIH HHS HHSN261201300019INCI NIH HHS R01 CA098870NCI NIH HHS R01 CA169043NIEHS NIH HHS R01 ES017416
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We propose a novel two-step procedure to combine epidemiological data obtained from diverse sources with the aim to quantify risk factors affecting the probability that an individual develops certain disease such as cancer. In the first step we derive all possible unbiased estimating functions based on a group of cases and a group of controls each time. In the second step, we combine these estimating functions efficiently in order to make full use of the information contained in data. Our approach is computationally simple and flexible. We illustrate its efficacy through simulation and apply it to investigate pancreatic cancer risks based on data obtained from the Connecticut Tumor Registry, a population-based case-control study, and the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System which is a state-based system of health surveys.

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estimating equationSpatial epidemiologyspatial point process

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PMID24683281
PMCPMC3964681

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