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On estimating standardized risk differences from odds ratios.

K F Yu1

  • 1Biometry and Mathematical Statistics Branch, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892.

Biometrics
|September 1, 1992
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A statistical method for estimating risk differences is shown to be a maximum likelihood estimator under specific conditions. This finding enhances the reliability of risk difference estimation in epidemiological studies.

Area of Science:

  • Biostatistics
  • Epidemiology
  • Statistical Modeling

Background:

  • Standardized risk difference is a key parameter in epidemiological studies.
  • Existing estimators may lack desirable statistical properties.
  • Maximum likelihood estimation offers desirable asymptotic properties.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the conditions under which the Greenland and Holland (1991) estimator for the standardized risk difference is a maximum likelihood estimator.
  • To explore the relationship between the standardized risk difference and the odds ratio.
  • To derive likelihood equations for this statistical problem.

Main Methods:

  • Reparameterization of the statistical problem.
  • Derivation of likelihood equations.

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  • Analysis of the Greenland and Holland estimator.

    • Main Results:

    • The Greenland and Holland estimator is a maximum likelihood estimator when a consistent estimator of the common odds ratio is appropriately chosen.
    • The study demonstrates the theoretical underpinnings of this estimator.
    • Likelihood equations for the reparameterized problem were successfully derived.

    Conclusions:

    • The findings provide theoretical justification for using the Greenland and Holland estimator.
    • This work contributes to the robust estimation of risk differences in observational studies.
    • Understanding the maximum likelihood properties enhances confidence in epidemiological findings.