--- On Tue, 16/2/10, Alison McCarthy wrote:
> However, I was wondering whether I could also look at the
> relative risks in these two groups using poisson or another
> model (would 'year' by an offset, using the 'robust'
> standard error option)?
Maybe this article helps:
Peter Cummings (2009) Methods for estimating adjusted risk
ratios. The Stata Journal, 9(2):175--196.
http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=st0162
> Journals seem to prefer data presented as RR instead of
> OR.
That is extremely discipline dependent, in mine the models
that would produce them would be subject to strong criticism.
Hope this helps,
Maarten
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Universitaet Tuebingen
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72074 Tuebingen
Germany
http://www.maartenbuis.nl
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