A brief conceptual tutorial of multilevel analysis in social epidemiology: linking the statistical concept of clustering to the idea of contextual phenomenon

J Merlo, B Chaix, M Yang, J Lynch… - Journal of Epidemiology & …, 2005 - jech.bmj.com
Study objective: This didactical essay is directed to readers disposed to approach multilevel
regression analysis (MLRA) in a more conceptual than mathematical way. However, it …

Socioeconomic inequalities and type 2 diabetes complications: a systematic review

S Tatulashvili, G Fagherazzi, C Dow, R Cohen… - Diabetes & …, 2020 - Elsevier
Background and Objectives A socioeconomic gradient related to type 2 diabetes (T2D)
prevalence has been demonstrated in high-income countries. However, there is no …

Intermediate and advanced topics in multilevel logistic regression analysis

PC Austin, J Merlo - Statistics in medicine, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Multilevel data occur frequently in health services, population and public health, and
epidemiologic research. In such research, binary outcomes are common. Multilevel logistic …

A general and simple method for obtaining R2 from generalized linear mixed‐effects models

S Nakagawa, H Schielzeth - Methods in ecology and evolution, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
The use of both linear and generalized linear mixed‐effects models (LMM s and GLMM s)
has become popular not only in social and medical sciences, but also in biological sciences …

Fixed effects analysis of repeated measures data

FI Gunasekara, K Richardson, K Carter… - International journal of …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
The analysis of repeated measures or panel data allows control of some of the biases which
plague other observational studies, particularly unmeasured confounding. When this bias is …

A brief conceptual tutorial of multilevel analysis in social epidemiology: using measures of clustering in multilevel logistic regression to investigate contextual …

J Merlo, B Chaix, H Ohlsson, A Beckman… - … of Epidemiology & …, 2006 - jech.bmj.com
Study objective: In social epidemiology, it is easy to compute and interpret measures of
variation in multilevel linear regression, but technical difficulties exist in the case of logistic …

Determinants of completing recommended antenatal care utilization in sub-Saharan from 2006 to 2018: evidence from 36 countries using Demographic and Health …

ZT Tessema, AB Teshale, GA Tesema… - BMC pregnancy and …, 2021 - Springer
Background Every day in 2017, approximately 810 women died from preventable causes
related to pregnancy and childbirth, with 99% of these maternal deaths occurring in low and …

Nested by design: model fitting and interpretation in a mixed model era

H Schielzeth, S Nakagawa - Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Nested data structures are ubiquitous in the study of ecology and evolution, and such
structures need to be modelled appropriately. Mixed‐effects models offer a powerful …

An original stepwise multilevel logistic regression analysis of discriminatory accuracy: the case of neighbourhoods and health

J Merlo, P Wagner, N Ghith, G Leckie - PloS one, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Background and Aim Many multilevel logistic regression analyses of “neighbourhood and
health” focus on interpreting measures of associations (eg, odds ratio, OR). In contrast …

Socioeconomic inequality in exposure to bullying during adolescence: A comparative, cross-sectional, multilevel study in 35 countries

P Due, J Merlo, Y Harel-Fisch… - … journal of public …, 2009 - ajph.aphapublications.org
Objectives. We examined the socioeconomic distribution of adolescent exposure to bullying
internationally and documented the contribution of the macroeconomic environment …