Modeling Smoking History: A Comparison of Different Approaches

• Published in: American journal of epidemiology Vol. 156; no. 9; pp. 813 - 823
• Main Authors: Leffondré, Karen, Abrahamowicz, Michal, Siemiatycki, Jack, Rachet, Bernard
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cary, NC Oxford University Press 01.11.2002
• Subjects: Abbreviation: AIC; Akaike’s Information Criterion; Biological and medical sciences; Case-Control Studies; Epidemiologic Methods; Humans; Lung Neoplasms - epidemiology; Male; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; multicollinearity; multivariate analysis; neoplasms; proportional hazard; Proportional Hazards Models; Quebec - epidemiology; Research Design; smoking; Smoking - adverse effects; Smoking - epidemiology; time-dependent covariate; Tobacco, tobacco smoking; Toxicology; Quebec; Methodology; Tobacco smoking; Case control study; Covariate; Epidemiology; Modeling; multivariate analysis; Bronchopulmonary; Cigarette; Time dependence; epidemiologic methods; multicollinearity; smoking; Bronchus disease; time-dependent covariate; Exposure time; proportional hazard; case-control studies; Human; Lung disease; Respiratory disease; Malignant tumor; Statistical method; Risk factor; neoplasms
• ISSN: 0002-9262; 1476-6256; 0002-9262
• DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwf122

The impact of cigarette smoking on various diseases is studied frequently in epidemiology. However, there is no consensus on how to model different aspects of smoking history. The aim of this investigation was to elucidate the impact of several decisions that must be made when modeling smoking varia...