Lexis Expansion: a prerequisite for analyzing time changing variables in a cohort study

Authors

  • Nitika Nitika School of Public Health, PGIMER, Chandigarh
  • Sidharth Sekhar Mishra DAMS
  • Pallavi Lohani Community Medicine, PMCH, Patna

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3126/nje.v7i2.17974

Keywords:

Lexis Expansion, variable, cohort study

Abstract

In a prospective analytical cohort study or a study involving a longer follow up, changing age of participants influence the relationship between exposure and outcome. Usually age at entry is incorporated in the regression model to adjust for age. However, this fails to fully explain and adjust for changing age. For this Lexis expansion, a concept by Wilhelm Lexis, allows the analyst to expand the observations as per age bands and check for confounding and interaction by changing age. Lexis expansion assumes the rates to be constant within an age band.

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Author Biographies

Nitika Nitika, School of Public Health, PGIMER, Chandigarh

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Pallavi Lohani, Community Medicine, PMCH, Patna

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Published

2017-08-08

How to Cite

Nitika, N., Mishra, S. S., & Lohani, P. (2017). Lexis Expansion: a prerequisite for analyzing time changing variables in a cohort study. Nepal Journal of Epidemiology, 7(2), 681–684. https://doi.org/10.3126/nje.v7i2.17974

Issue

Vol. 7 No. 2 (2017)

Section

Short Communications

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