The number of subjects per variable required in linear regression analyses

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology - Tập 68 Số 6 - Trang 627-636 - 2015
Peter C. Austin1,2,3, Ewout W. Steyerberg4
1Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, G1 06, 2075 Bayview Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M4N 3M5
2Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, 155 College Street, Suite 425, Toronto, ON, M5T 3M6, Canada
3Schulich Heart Research Program, Sunnybrook Research Institute, 2075 Bayview Avenue, Toronto, ON M4N 3M5, Canada
4Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC—University Medical Center Rotterdam, ‘s-Gravendijkwal 230 3015 CE, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

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