The Objective of a Study Is to Determine the Surgery

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Essay

The objective of a study is to determine the surgery mortality rate. It was well speculated that age is a confounder. Thus, the investigator would like to estimate the death rate by controlling for age effect. Explain which methods, age-adjusted rates or Poisson regression with age adjustment, would you use? Explain and justify your choice.

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