Random effects regression models for trends in standardised mortality ratios.

Abstract:

OBJECTIVES:Standardised mortality ratios (SMRs) play an important role in the epidemiological literature, particularly in evaluations of occupational hazards. While some authors have argued that comparisons of SMRs should be avoided, many investigators find such analyses appealing particularly when data are sparse. For example, calendar period-specific SMRs often are examined to identify emerging problems or to assess whether a hazard that impacted death rates in the past has abated. However, because the distribution of people with respect to age usually changes as calendar time advances, comparisons of SMRs across calendar periods can produce misleading results. METHODS:We propose a random effects model to reduce the potential bias arising from comparisons of SMRs. This approach is illustrated using data from a study of workers employed at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory. RESULTS:When there is homogeneity across strata of covariates in the ratio of death rates in the target population to that in the reference population, the proposed model yields results equivalent to those obtained by a classical analysis of SMRs. However, as evidence against such homogeneity increases, the model yields a random effects version of SMRs for which patterns will conform better to those obtained from an internal analysis of rate ratios. CONCLUSIONS:The proposed random effects model can reduce potential bias arising in the comparisons of SMRs.

journal_name

Occup Environ Med

authors

Richardson DB,Cole SR,Chu H

doi

10.1136/oemed-2012-100792

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2013-02-01 00:00:00

pages

133-9

issue

2

eissn

1351-0711

issn

1470-7926

pii

oemed-2012-100792

journal_volume

70

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