Epidemiology Research International

Research Article

Developing a Dynamic Microsimulation Model of the Australian Health System: A Means to Explore Impacts of Obesity over the Next 50 Years

Box 1

Logistic regression model.
Specification of a logistic regression model: l n ( 𝑃 ( 𝑌 𝑖 ) / 𝑃 ( 1 − 𝑌 𝑖 ∑ ) ) = 𝛼 + 𝐾 𝑘 = 1 𝛽 𝑘 𝑋 𝑖 = 𝑍   
Probability equation for a logistic regression model: 𝑃 ( 𝑌 ) = e x p ( 𝑍 ) / ( 1 + e x p ( 𝑍 ) )
See [48]