Tightrope walking: achieving the best possible balance between better model fit and accurate prediction: response to letter (IJC-D-14-00417)

Int J Cardiol. 2014 Jul 1;174(3):791-4. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2014.04.124. Epub 2014 Apr 18.

Authors

Masaki Ohsawa¹, Kuniaki Ogasawara², Akira Okayama³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Hygiene and Preventive Medicine, Iwate Medical University, Japan. Electronic address: masakio@iwate-med.ac.jp.
² Department of Neurosurgery, Iwate Medical University, Japan.
³ The First Institute of Health Service, Japan Anti-Tuberculosis Association, Japan.

PMID: 24794062
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2014.04.124

No abstract available

Keywords: Chronic kidney disease; Cox regression; Events per variable; Model assessment; Poisson regression.

Publication types

Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Comment

MeSH terms

Albuminuria / mortality*
Cardiovascular Diseases / mortality*
Female
Glomerular Filtration Rate / physiology*
Humans
Male
Renal Insufficiency, Chronic / mortality*