Invited commentary: Composite outcomes as an attempt to escape from selection bias and related paradoxes

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 179, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 368-370

  Hernán, Miguel A ^a,b   Schisterman, Enrique F ^c   Hernández Díaz, Sonia ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b HARVARD MIT DIVISION OF HEALTH SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

causal diagrams; composite outcomes; paradox; selection bias

Indexed keywords

BIRTH RATE; COMPOSITE; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; LITERATURE REVIEW; PREGNANCY;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BIRTH WEIGHT; DEMENTIA; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MATERNAL SMOKING; NEWBORN DEATH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERINATAL DEATH; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELECTION BIAS; SMOKING; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; STILLBIRTH; STUDY DESIGN; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME;

CAUSAL DIAGRAMS; COMPOSITE OUTCOMES; PARADOX; SELECTION BIAS;

DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EPIDEMIOLOGIC RESEARCH DESIGN; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; STILLBIRTH;

EID: 84892701287     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwt283     Document Type: Review

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