Biostatistical consultancy service
for the
Department of Regional Health Research
Birgit Debrabant
November 28th - Vejle
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Researchers in health sciences often benefit
from statistical expertise at some point of
their research
We offer consultancy connected to
statistical analysis and modelling
For researchers and ph.d. students from the
Department of Regional Health Research
(IRS, SDU)
In the Region of Southern Denmark
Institute of Epidemiologiy, Biostatistics &
Biodemography
Department of Public Health, Odense
Rikke Berntsen
Birgit Debrabant
Ulrich Halekoh
Lone Myllerup Hansen
Jacob Hjelmborg
Pia Veldt Larsen
Some of our domains of experience
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Clinical/observational/register studies
Family and twin studies
(Epi-)Genetic studies
Study design, power analysis
Explorative, descriptive, inferential methods
Regression models, model building
Prediction
STATA, R
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Consultancy sessions
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typically 1h
in Odense, Middelfart,Vejle, Kolding, Esbjerg, Aabenraa,
online
a typical session:
 short discussion of your project (data and research
questions/hypotheses)
 Discussion of suitable methods and their application
 Often several ideas/methods are tested and new
questions arise such that we usually meet several times
Closer cooperations are possible
Example: Lars Kristian Lundberg
ph.d. student at Ophthalmology, OUH
307 children from the CHAMPS study
Pysical activity and eye development in children
Does physical activity impact the development of
the choroidea?
Physical activity : percentage of time in sedentary,
light, moderate, or vigorous physical activity
Measurements from 2009, 2010, 2012 and 2015
Random effects regression model (for correlated data)
Outcome: Thickness of the choroid
Fixed Effects = Covariates: distance from fovea, distance from optical nerve, …
Random Effects: Model correlations between measurements from one child
depending on distance between two locations
Contact
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[email protected]
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Consultation Schedule
www3.sdu.dk/multi/ebb/Vejledningstjeneste2016/Vejlednin
gstjeneste_Regionen_IRS_2016.pdf
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General Information
www.sdu.dk/om_sdu/institutter_centre/irs_regional_sundh
edsforskning/vejledning+statistik