Simulation study of the effect of the early mortality exclusion on confounding of the exposure-mortality relation by preexisting disease

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 154, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 963-971

  Singh, Pramil N ^a   Wang, Xiaoying ^a,b  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Ischemia Research and Education Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Body mass index; Confounding factors (epidemiology); Epidemiologic methods

Indexed keywords

DISEASE PREVALENCE; HEALTH RISK; MORTALITY; RISK FACTOR;

AGING; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MORTALITY; NEOPLASMS; ODDS RATIO; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0035890251     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/154.10.963     Document Type: Article

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