Time-dependent study entries and exposures in cohort studies can easily be sources of different and avoidable types of bias

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 65, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1171-1180

  Wolkewitz, Martin ^a   Allignol, Arthur ^a   Harbarth, Stephan ^b   De Angelis, Giulia ^b   Schumacher, Martin ^a   Beyersmann, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Immortal time bias; Length bias; Selection bias; Survival bias; Time scale; Time dependent bias

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CARDIOLOGY; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; DEMENTIA; GYNECOLOGY; HAZARD RATIO; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LENGTH BIAS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; NEUROLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; STUDY DESIGN; SYSTEMATIC ERROR; TIME DEPENDENT BIAS;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; COHORT STUDIES; CORONARY DISEASE; CROSS INFECTION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; PREGNANCY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; SELECTION BIAS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84866853131     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: 18785921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2012.04.008     Document Type: Article

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