Fitting Models to Data
(1) Department of Mathematics, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA 6.1 Introduction In the previous chapters, we have learned to develop both simple and complex epidemic models and to…
Introduction
(1) Department of Mathematics, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA 1.1 Epidemiology Epidemiology is the subject that studies the patterns of health and illness and associated factors at the…
Age, Period and Cohort Processes in Longitudinal and Life Course Analysis: A Multilevel Perspective
(10.1) As such, if we know the value of two of these variables, we will automatically know the value of the third. Consequently, when the true underlying process affecting a…
Health Trajectories in People with Cystic Fibrosis in the UK: Exploring the Effect of Social Deprivation
Fig. 5.1 Distribution of incident cases of CF in the UK by deprivation quintile 1996–2010. Error bars represent 95 % binomial CIs (n = 2066) (Source: Adapted from Taylor-Robinson et al. 2013b) Clinical…
Linear Mixed-Effects and Latent Curve Models for Longitudinal Life Course Analyses
(8.1) In the end, the analyst will obtain, for each individual j, a value for: (a) the intercept π 0 , which defines the predicted value of Y when age = 0;…
The Analysis of Individual Health Trajectories Across the Life Course: Latent Class Growth Models Versus Mixed Models
BMI (kg/m−2), SD BMI (kg/m−2), SD BMI (kg/m−2), SD Age Sample size Females Males Study sample 13 321 17.81, 2.14 16.93, 1.42 17.39, 1.88 14 279 18.66, 2.08 17.68,…
Moving Towards a Better Understanding of Socioeconomic Inequalities in Preventive Health Care Use: A Life Course Perspective
Fig. 6.1 Cumulative hazard functions for starting mammography screening in Belgium, by dental check-ups and cultural capital during childhood, and education (Nelson-Aalen estimates) Other forms of cultural capital have become…
Oral Health Over the Life Course
Fig. 3.1 Impact of oral diseases (Adapted from Daly et al. 2013) The treatment of caries is costly and time consuming. In the UK, the multiple extraction of carious teeth…
Inter-Cohort Variation in the Consequences of U.S. Military Service for Men’s Mid- to Late-Life Body Mass Index Trajectories
Cohort birth years Years turned 18 (historical period) Age range in 1992 Age range in 2010 <1929 <1947 (WWII) 64 and older 82 and older 1929–1936 1947–1954 (Post-WWII/Korean War) 56–63…
Introduction
Bartley, M., Sacker, A., & Clarke, P. (2004). Employment status, employment conditions, and limiting illness: Prospective evidence from the British household panel survey 1991–2001. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health,…
