Multilevel ordinal model for CD4 count trends in seroconversion among South Africa women

Abstract Background Ordinal health longitudinal response variables have distributions that make them unsuitable for many popular statistical models that assume normality. We present a multilevel growth model that may be more suitable for medical ordinal longitudinal outcomes than are statistical mod...

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Main Authors: Zelalem G. Dessie, Temesgen Zewotir, Henry Mwambi, Delia North
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-06-01
Series:BMC Infectious Diseases
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12879-020-05159-4