Reverse Causality in Cardiovascular Epidemiological Research: More Common Than Imagined?

Circulation

Volumn 135, Issue 24, 2017, Pages 2369-2372

  Sattar, Naveed ^a   Preiss, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

association analysis; blood pressure; Editorials; epidemiology

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; CHOLESTEROL; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR;

ADVERSE OUTCOME; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; BODY MASS; CANCER RISK; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAUSALITY; FRAILTY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LIFESTYLE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASM; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MORTALITY RISK; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SITTING; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD; RISK FACTOR;

BLOOD PRESSURE; COHORT STUDIES; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; FRAILTY; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 85020718297     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.117.028307     Document Type: Review

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