Collider Bias Is Only a Partial Explanation for the Obesity Paradox

BACKGROUND: “Obesity paradox” refers to an association between obesity and reduced mortality (contrary to an expected increased mortality). A common explanation is collider stratification bias: unmeasured confounding induced by selection bias. Here, we test this supposition through a realistic gener...

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Autores principales: Sperrin, Matthew, Candlish, Jane, Badrick, Ellena, Renehan, Andrew, Buchan, Iain
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4890843/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27075676
http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/EDE.0000000000000493

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4890843/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27075676
http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/EDE.0000000000000493

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