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Chunk #10 — Method — Data analyses and statistical methods

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Prospective association between tobacco smoking and death by suicide: a competing risks hazard analysis in a large twin cohort with 35-year follow-up.
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Standard statistical methods were used for descriptive analyses, taking into account cohort sampling based on twin pairs. As twins within a pair are not statistically independent observations, robust estimates of standard errors were obtained for individual-based analyses (Williams, 2000).