Selection of confounding variables should not be based on observed associations with exposure

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 589-593

  Groenwold, Rolf H H ^a,b   Klungel, Olaf H ^a,b   Grobbee, Diederick E ^b   Hoes, Arno W ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bias; Confounder selection; Confounding; Pharmacoepidemiology

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; DIURETIC AGENT; LONG ACTING DRUG;

AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CONFOUNDING VARIABLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR;

ADRENERGIC BETA-AGONISTS; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); EPIDEMIOLOGIC RESEARCH DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBSERVATION; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; SEX FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 80054765903     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: 15737284     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10654-011-9606-1     Document Type: Article

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