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Adjusting for confounding by cluster using generalized linear mixed models |
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| Authors: | Babette A Brumback Amy B Dailey Lyndia C Brumback Melvin D Livingston Zhulin He |
| Institution: | 1. Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, College of Public Health and Health Professions, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA;2. Department of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA |
| Abstract: | We show how to use generalized linear mixed models to adjust for confounding by cluster of the effect of a within-cluster covariate. We derive estimators for both a cluster-specific causal effect and a population-averaged causal effect. |
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