Automatic identification of variables in epidemiological datasets using logic regression

Background: For an individual participant data (IPD) meta-analysis, multiple datasets must be transformed in a consistent format, e.g. using uniform variable names. When large numbers of datasets have to be processed, this can be a time-consuming and error-prone task. Automated or semi-automated ide...

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Main Authors: Lorenz, M., Abdi, N., Scheckenbach, F., Pflug, A., Bülbül, A., Catapano, A., Agewall, S., Ezhov, M., Bots, M., Kiechl, S., Orth, A., Norata, Giuseppe, Empana, J., Lin, H., McLachlan, S., Bokemark, L., Ronkainen, K., Amato, M., Schminke, U., Srinivasan, S., Lind, L., Kato, A., Dimitriadis, C., Przewlocki, T., Okazaki, S., Stehouwer, C., Lazarevic, T., Willeit, P., Yanez, D., Steinmetz, H., Sander, D., Poppert, H., Desvarieux, M., Ikram, M., Bevc, S., Staub, D., Sirtori, C., Iglseder, B., Engström, G., Tripepi, G., Beloqui, O., Lee, M., Friera, A., Xie, W., Grigore, L., Plichart, M., Su, T., Robertson, C., Schmidt, C., Tuomainen, T., Veglia, F., Völzke, H., Nijpels, G., Jovanovic, A., Willeit, J., Sacco, R., Franco, O., Hojs, R., Uthoff, H., Hedblad, B., Park, H., Suarez, C., Zhao, D., Ducimetiere, P., Chien, K., Price, J., Bergström, G., Kauhanen, J., Tremoli, E., Dörr, M., Berenson, G., Papagianni, A., Kablak-Ziembicka, A., Kitagawa, K., Dekker, J., Stolic, R., Polak, J., Sitzer, M., Bickel, H., Rundek, T., Hofman, A., Ekart, R., Frauchiger, B., Castelnuovo, S., Rosvall, M., Zoccali, C., Landecho, M., Bae, J., Gabriel, R., Liu, J., Baldassarre, D., Kavousi, M.
Format: Journal Article
Published: Biomed Central Ltd 2017
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/55818