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Published in: Critical Care 5/2004

01-10-2004 | Review

Statistics review 12: Survival analysis

Authors: Viv Bewick, Liz Cheek, Jonathan Ball

Published in: Critical Care | Issue 5/2004

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Abstract

This review introduces methods of analyzing data arising from studies where the response variable is the length of time taken to reach a certain end-point, often death. The Kaplan–Meier methods, log rank test and Cox's proportional hazards model are described.
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Metadata
Title
Statistics review 12: Survival analysis
Authors
Viv Bewick
Liz Cheek
Jonathan Ball
Publication date
01-10-2004
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
Critical Care / Issue 5/2004
Electronic ISSN: 1364-8535
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/cc2955

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