Last I recall the Editors encouraged the
author who agreed that it would be a good idea.
C'est la vie....
Nick
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Newson, Roger B
> I think the formula is the one in Greenland and
> Dreschler(1991). Another
> useful paper is Bruzzi et al. (1985). The definitive reference for
> -aflogit- is Brady (1998), which however probably won't
> easily be found
> in a literature search, but can be ordered (with other Stata Technical
> Bulletins) from#
> http://www.stata.com/products/stb/index.html
>
> -aflogit- is an old program that needs an update (or even a
> replacement), but nobody seems to have the time to do this.
>
> References
>
> Brady A. sbe21: Adjusted population attributable fractions
> from logistic
> regression. Stata Technical Bulletin 1998; STB-42: 8-12. Reprinted in:
> Stata Technical Bulletin Reprints Vol. 7, 1998.
>
> Bruzzi P, Green SB, Byar DP, Brinton LA, Schairer C. Estimating the
> population attributable risk for multiple risk factors using
> case-control data. American Journal of Epidemiology 1985; 122(5):
> 904-914.
>
> Greenland S, Dreschler K. Maximum likelihood estimation of the
> attributable fraction from logistic models. Biometrics 1991; 49:
> 865-872.
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