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The science of statistics applied to the analysis of biological or medical data.

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What is the difference between statistics and biostatistics?

Biostatistics does not make sense as a comparison; biostatistics is really a sub topic of statistics. This would be like asking "what's the difference between mathematics and probability?" … As for the difference between programs in statistics and biostatistics, the obvious difference between two programs is that the biostatistics programs will be specializing in the topics above. …
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P-value versus Exp(B) value in Cox regression analysis

Unfortunately, in terms of predictive power, you cannot tell from this output alone. While the fact that Biomarker 2 has a larger estimated HR may lead you to believe it is better, this is incorrect …
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Statistical methods for data where only a minimum/maximum value is known

This is referred to as current status data. You get one cross sectional view of the data, and regarding the response, all you know is that at the observed age of each subject, the event (in your case: …
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