Good for women, good for men, bad for people: Simpson's paradox and the importance of sex-specific analysis in observational studies

Journal of Women's Health and Gender-Based Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 867-872

  Baker, S G ^a   Kramer, B S ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OBSERVATION; PLOTS AND CURVES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0035211423     PISSN: 15246094     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/152460901753285769     Document Type: Article

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4. Chances of Simpson's paradox
5. Basic concepts in the assessment of risk
6. Patient heterogeneity and the need for randomized clinical trial