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Introduction to regression models Volume 87, issue 7-8, Numéro double 7 - 8, Juillet -Août 2000

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Institut Gustave-Roussy, 94805 Villejuif.

Regression models are widely used. They are viewed by clinicians as a passport for a publication in major journals. The expressions: multivariate, logistic regression and Cox model are synonymous with complexity and appear both magical and seductive. Altogether, most clinicians do not read the results of regression models with a critical eye. Our aim is to describe the most common regression models in a unifying framework, and to explain how to interpret each model. We hope that investigators will then be able to discuss the models with the statisticians.