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Regression is a mathematical procedure used to estimate the association between two or more study variables. Multiple regression is a widely used tool in clinical research studies to adjust for many confounding characteristics simultaneously.
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Kestenbaum, B. (2019). Linear Regression. In: Epidemiology and Biostatistics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-96644-1_16
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