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Statistical Confounding in Observational Research and Center Performance Evaluations in Organ Transplantation
Purpose of ReviewTo describe statistical confounding and the impact of observational research in transplantation. Further, to evaluate potential...
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Confounding-adjustment methods for the causal difference in medians
BackgroundWith continuous outcomes, the average causal effect is typically defined using a contrast of expected potential outcomes. However, in the...
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Causality or confounding? Applying E values to examine associations between ultra-processed food consumption and risk of weight gain
BackgroundUltra-processed food (UPF) consumption is associated prospectively with weight gain and obesity in observational studies of adults....
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Familial confounding of internalising symptoms and obesity in adolescents and young adults; a co-twin analysis
BackgroundObesity and internalising disorders, including depression and anxiety, often co-occur. There is evidence that familial confounding...
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Effects of confounding and effect-modifying lifestyle, environmental and medical factors on risk of radiation-associated cardiovascular disease
BackgroundCardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death worldwide. It has been known for some considerable time that radiation is...
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Familial confounding or measurement error? How to interpret findings from sibling and co-twin control studies
Epidemiological researchers often examine associations between risk factors and health outcomes in non-experimental designs. Observed associations...
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Quantitative bias analysis in practice: review of software for regression with unmeasured confounding
BackgroundFailure to appropriately account for unmeasured confounding may lead to erroneous conclusions. Quantitative bias analysis (QBA) can be used...
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Enhancement of Non-Linear Deep Learning Model by Adjusting Confounding Variables for Bone Age Estimation in Pediatric Hand X-rays
In medicine, confounding variables in a generalized linear model are often adjusted; however, these variables have not yet been exploited in a...
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Bias assessment and correction for Levin’s population attributable fraction in the presence of confounding
In 1953, Morton Levin introduced a simple approach to estimating population attributable fractions (PAF) depending only on risk factor prevalence and...
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Isolating the effect of confounding from the observed survival benefit of screening participants — a methodological approach illustrated by data from the German mammography screening programme
BackgroundMammography screening programmes (MSP) aim to reduce breast cancer mortality by shifting diagnoses to earlier stages. However, it is...
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Effects of maternal type 1 diabetes and confounding factors on neonatal microbiomes
Aims/hypothesisBody niche-specific microbiota in maternal–neonatal dyads from gravidae with type 1 diabetes have not been quantitatively and...
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Genetic confounding in the association of early motor development with childhood and adolescent exercise behavior
IntroductionEarly motor development has been found to be a predictor of exercise behavior in children and adolescents, but whether this reflects a...
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Confounding factors affecting the clinical decision-making of nursing and midwifery students post-pandemic COVID-19: cross-sectional study in Jordan
BackgroundThe ability of a nurse to make effective clinical decisions is the most important factor that can affect the treatment quality. However,...
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Controlling time-varying confounding in difference-in-differences studies using the time-varying treatments framework
This article clarifies how the biostatistical literature on time-varying treatments (TVT) can provide tools for dealing with time-varying confounding...
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Associations between parenthood and dementia in men and women: biology or confounding?
BackgroundHigh parity and extremes of age at first birth have been linked with increased dementia risk in women, with exposure to...
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Confounding factors in the assessment of oral mucositis in head and neck cancer
Treatment of locally advanced head and neck carcinoma not amenable for surgical resection or resected with high-risk features is usually based on...
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Evaluation of the presence of gingivitis as confounding factor in assessing inflammatory status in serum and saliva of dogs with diabetes mellitus
The aim of this study was to evaluate the changes in the serum and salivary inflammatory markers induced by Diabetes mellitus (DM) in dogs and to...
