Survival Analysis Is Preferable to a Count of Events When Assessing the Effects of Tobacco Exposure in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: Comment on the Article by Montes et al.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Reygaerts, Thomas; Arnaud, Laurent; Devilliers, Hervé
- Source
- Arthritis & Rheumatology. Apr2016, Vol. 68 Issue 4, p1046-1047. 2p.
- Subject
- *RESEARCH methodology
*SMOKING
*STATISTICS
*SYSTEMIC lupus erythematosus
*DATA analysis
*RESEARCH bias
*SEVERITY of illness index
- Language
- ISSN
- 2326-5191
A letter to the editor are presented in response to the article by R. A. Montes and colleagues on the impact of tobacco exposure in systemic lupus erythematosus.