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Validation of Methods to Control for Immortal Time Bias in a Pharmacoepidemiologic Analysis of Renin–Angiotensin System Inhibitors in Type 2 Diabetes

BACKGROUND: Pharmacoepidemiologic analysis can confirm whether drug efficacy in a randomized controlled trial (RCT) translates to effectiveness in real settings. We examined methods used to control for immortal time bias in an analysis of renin–angiotensin system (RAS) inhibitors as the reference ca...

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Autores principales: Yang, Xilin, Kong, Alice PS, Luk, Andrea OY, Ozaki, Risa, Ko, Gary TC, Ma, Ronald CW, Chan, Juliana CN, So, Wing Yee
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Japan Epidemiological Association 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4074630/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24747198
http://dx.doi.org/10.2188/jea.JE20130164