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SUBMITTER: Keil AP
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4310506 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Keil Alexander P AP Edwards Jessie K JK Richardson David B DB Naimi Ashley I AI Cole Stephen R SR
Epidemiology (Cambridge, Mass.) 20141101 6
<h4>Background</h4>The parametric g-formula can be used to estimate the effect of a policy, intervention, or treatment. Unlike standard regression approaches, the parametric g-formula can be used to adjust for time-varying confounders that are affected by prior exposures. To date, there are few published examples in which the method has been applied.<h4>Methods</h4>We provide a simple introduction to the parametric g-formula and illustrate its application in an analysis of a small cohort study o ...[more]