Claiming trend in toxicological and pharmacological dose-response studies: an overview on statistical methods and related R-Software

07/19/2020
by   Ludwig A. Hothorn, et al.
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There are very different statistical methods for demonstrating a trend in pharmacological experiments. Here, the focus is on sparse models with only one parameter to be estimated and interpreted: the increase in the regression model and the difference to control in the contrast model. This provides both p-values and confidence intervals for an appropriate effect size. A combined test consisting of the Tukey regression approach and the multiple contrast test according to Williams is recommended, which can be generalized to the generalized linear (mixed effect) model. Thus numerous variable types occurring in pharmacology/toxicology can be adequately evaluated. Software is available through CRAN packages. The most significant limitation of this approach is for designs with very small sample sizes, often in pharmacology/toxicology.

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