Using Latent Class Analysis to Identify Hidden Clinical Phenotypes

This JAMA Guide to Statistics and Methods summarizes latent class analysis, a statistical technique that estimates the probability of patients belonging to a discrete group that shares specific combinations of observed variables, and explains how the technique is used and can be interpreted in obser...

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Published inJAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association Vol. 324; no. 7; pp. 700 - 701
Main Authors Mori, Makoto, Krumholz, Harlan M, Allore, Heather G
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Chicago American Medical Association 18.08.2020
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Identification methods
Latent class analysis
Phenotypes
Statistical analysis
Statistical methods
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Summary:This JAMA Guide to Statistics and Methods summarizes latent class analysis, a statistical technique that estimates the probability of patients belonging to a discrete group that shares specific combinations of observed variables, and explains how the technique is used and can be interpreted in observational research.
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ISSN:0098-7484
1538-3598
DOI:10.1001/jama.2020.2278