Overcoming the problems caused by collinearity in mixed-effects logistic model: determining the contribution of various types of violence on depression in pregnant women

Overcoming the problems caused by collinearity in mixed-effects logistic model: determining the contribution of various types of violence on depression in pregnant women

Abstract Background Collinearity is a common and problematic phenomenon in studies on public health. It leads to inflation in variance of estimator and reduces test power. This phenomenon can occur in any model. In this study, a new ridge mixed-effects logistic model (RMELM) is proposed to overcome...

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Main Authors: Sanaz Khalili, Javad Faradmal, Hossein Mahjub, Babak Moeini, Khadijeh Ezzati-Rastegar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-07-01
Series:BMC Medical Research Methodology
Subjects:
Collinearity
Mixed-effects logistic model
Ridge estimator
Violence
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12874-021-01325-7

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s12874-021-01325-7

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