Multiple bias analysis using logistic regression: an example from the National Birth Defects Prevention Study

Autor: Penelope P. Howards, D. Kim Waller, W. Dana Flanders, Candice Y. Johnson, Matthew J. Strickland
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: Annals of epidemiology. 28(8)
ISSN: 1873-2585
Popis: PURPOSE. Exposure misclassification, selection bias, and confounding are important biases in epidemiologic studies, yet only confounding is routinely addressed quantitatively. We describe how to combine two previously described methods and adjust for multiple biases using logistic regression. METHODS. Weights were created from selection probabilities and predictive values for exposure classification and applied to multivariable logistic regression models in a case-control study of prepregnancy obesity (body mass index ≥30 versus
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