Assigning time‐linked exposure status to controls in unmatched case‐control studies: alcohol use and nearly lethal suicide attempts
- 27 April 2001
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Statistics in Medicine
- Vol. 20 (9-10), 1479-1485
- https://doi.org/10.1002/sim.684
Abstract
In case‐control studies, determination of alcohol consumption by cases immediately prior to the injury event is often conceptually straightforward. However, determination of consumption status by controls is difficult because they lack a reference point, especially when cases and controls are not individually matched. We describe a method of assigning alcohol consumption status to controls using a 24‐hour drinking history, the distribution in time of case events, and the random assignment of a specific time period to each control subject. This methodology offers a practical approach for determining alcohol consumption status among control subjects immediately prior to a case event, when controls lack a reference point and have not been individually matched to cases. Published in 2001 by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.Keywords
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