A plausible alternative approach to transethnic meta-analysis would be to make use of a hierarchical model in which the allelic effect estimates for each population are considered as a function of indicator variables that represent ethnic group.
Using the responses from many experts, multiple logistic regression analysis is then employed to model the probability of an illness as a function of diagnostic indicators, which include components of the risk profile (e.g., socio-demographic factors) and manifestation profile (e.g., symptoms, signs, and test results).
The systematic utilities for the different traffic zones are expressed as a function of an indicator of availability, varying according to the secondary activity and place in which is made, inside or outside the campus.
The systematic utilities of the choice alternatives are expressed as a function of socio-economic indicators, such as the student's "inside" or "outside" condition or the student's "in course" or "out course" condition.
In this prospective observational study, the prevalence of malnutrition, defined as a function of two anthropometric indicators, BMI and WL was 30.9%.
Water resource vulnerability is a function of both anthropogenic impact/pressure indicators and of environmental state indicators, so the assessment of vulnerability must account for this set of indicators.
Our approach differs from previous ones in the sense that we compute the Boltzmann parameter explicitly as a function of a structural indicator, the principal eigenvector of the contact matrix.
Study Design: In this retrospective study, we analyzed the mortality rate of infants at 2 months of age as a function of various obstetric and prenatal indicators.
As part of the hazard model, a latent frailty variable (Fi), common to age specific intervals, was defined to be a function of age interval specific event indicators.
Thus, the appropriateness of the task as a measurement indicator is a function of the interaction between person and task.
