Anwendungsbeispiel eines Directed Acyclic Graphs (DAG): Testosteron als Risikofaktor für die Entwicklung eines Typ-2-Diabetes mellitus in der Study of Health in Pomerania (SHIP)

S. Schipf

doi:10.1055/s-0031-1291193

Gesundheitswesen 2011; 73(12): 906-908
DOI: 10.1055/s-0031-1291193

Directed Acyclic Graphs

Anwendungsbeispiel eines Directed Acyclic Graphs (DAG): Testosteron als Risikofaktor für die Entwicklung eines Typ-2-Diabetes mellitus in der Study of Health in Pomerania (SHIP)

Applying a Directed Acyclic Graph (DAG): Testosterone as a Risk Factor for Development of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in the Study of Health in Pomerania (SHIP)

S. Schipf

¹Institut für Community Medicine, Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universität Greifwald

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Abstract

Schlüsselwörter

DAG - kausale Diagramme - Testosteron - Männer - Typ-2-Diabetes - Study of Health in Pomerania

Key words

DAG - causal diagrams - testosterone - men - type 2 diabetes - Study of Health in Pomerania

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