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Clinical Epidemiology, 2017 Mette Nørgaard,1 Vera Ehrenstein,1 Jan P Vandenbroucke1–3 1Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark; 2Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Leiden University Medical Center, The Netherlands ...
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Preventive Medicine, 1987 The magnitude of confounding is examined in nine case studies of two "weak" relationships: between artificial sweeteners and bladder cancer, and between oral contraceptives and cervical dysplasia. Confounding had little or no influence on the results of any published study.
Stellman, Steven D.
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Control of confounding in the analysis phase – an overview for clinicians
Clinical Epidemiology, 2017 Johnny Kahlert,1 Sigrid Bjerge Gribsholt,1,2 Henrik Gammelager,1,3 Olaf M Dekkers,1,4,5 George Luta1,6 1Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Institute of Clinical Medicine, 2Department of Endocrinology and Internal Medicine, 3Department of ...
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Retrospective studies in emergency medicine: A practical guide to study design, bias, confounding, and interpretation [PDF]
Turkish Journal of Emergency MedicineRetrospective observational studies are a cornerstone of emergency medicine research, offering practical ways to address important clinical questions using real-world data.
Suha Turkmen, Sinan Pasli
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Demographic Research, 2007 This paper deals both with the issues of confounding and of control, as the definition of a confounding factor is far from universal and there exist different methodological approaches, ex ante and ex post, for controlling for a confounding factor.
Guillaume Wunsch
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Bias in occupational epidemiology studies. [PDF]
, 2007 The design of occupational epidemiology studies should be based on the need to minimise random and systematic error. The latter is the focus of this paper, and includes selection bias, information bias and confounding.
Pearce, Neil +2 more
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Clustered environments and randomized genes: a fundamental distinction between conventional and genetic epidemiology. [PDF]
, 2007 BACKGROUND: In conventional epidemiology confounding of the exposure of interest with lifestyle or socioeconomic factors, and reverse causation whereby disease status influences exposure rather than vice versa, may invalidate causal interpretations of ...
Timpson, NJ +23 more
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Confounding and Confounding Control
, 2022 AbstractCurrently, the classical, counterfactual, and structural confounding definitions, are simultaneously used in teaching or practice context of epidemiology. Despite the resemblance, the three definitions are different in many aspects. A unified theory of confounding and confounding control has not been established.
Shaolong Ren, Genming Zhao
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Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2022 Clinical decisions in human and veterinary medicine should be based on the best available evidence. The results of primary research are an important component of that evidence base.
Jan M. Sargeant +2 more
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Statistical analysis in orthodontic journals: are we ignoring confounding? [PDF]
, 2016 AIM To assess the prevalence of adjustment for confounding within statistical analysis and matching at the design stage in leading orthodontic journals and to explore potential associations between accounting for confounding and publication ...
Koletsi, Despina +4 more
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