Revisiting Sampling Methods in Cohort Studies and Case-Control Studies
10.3820/jjpe.18.95
- VernacularTitle:4. サンプリングとコホート研究，ケース・コントロール研究
- Author:
Tetsushi KOMORI
;
Tatsuo KAGIMURA
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
sampling;
matching;
effect measures;
cohort study;
case-control study
- From:Japanese Journal of Pharmacoepidemiology
2014;18(2):95-111
- CountryJapan
- Language:Japanese
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Abstract:
In pharmacoepidemiology, cohort studies and case-control studies have been commonly used as research methods to examine causal relationship between exposures to medicines and occurrences of advance events. For both study designs, we could assume a common population at risk, in which cases are developed. A cohort study defines a research cohort within the population at risk and tries to investigate the research cohort directly, and a case-control study tries to investigate the research cohort partly by the control sampling. Assuming an underling research cohort, it becomes possible to understand cohort studies and case-control studies within an unified framework. We revisited several sampling methods to select controls in case-control studies and effect measures implied by the sampling methods. (Jpn J Pharmacoepidemiol 2013; 18(2): 95-111)
