Are infectious diseases risk factors for sarcoidosis or a result of reverse causation? Findings from a population-based nested case–control study
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DOI: 10.1007/s10654-020-00611-w
Abstract: Findings from molecular studies suggesting that several infectious agents cause sarcoidosis are intriguing yet conflicting and likely biased due to their cross-sectional design. As done in other inflammatory diseases to overcome this issue, prospectively-collected register… read more here.
Keywords: infectious diseases; reverse causation; sarcoidosis; nested case ... See more keywords
Physical activity and all-cause and cause-specific mortality: assessing the impact of reverse causation and measurement error in two large prospective cohorts
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DOI: 10.1007/s10654-020-00707-3
Abstract: Most cohort studies have only a single physical activity (PA) measure and are thus susceptible to reverse causation and measurement error. Few studies have examined the impact of these potential biases on the association between… read more here.
Keywords: simple; cause; reverse causation; mortality ... See more keywords
CT scans in childhood predict subsequent brain cancer: Finite mixture modelling can help separate reverse causation scans from those that may be causal.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.canep.2020.101732
Abstract: BACKGROUND Excess brain cancers observed after computed tomography (CT) scans could be caused by ionizing radiation. However, as scans are often used to investigate symptoms of brain cancer, excess cancers could also be due to… read more here.
Keywords: brain cancer; reverse causation; cancer; mixture ... See more keywords
Reverse causation bias: A simulation study comparing first- and second-line treatments with an overlap of symptoms between treatment indication and studied outcome
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0304145
Abstract: Background Reverse causation is a challenge in many drug-cancer associations, where the cancer symptoms are potentially mistaken for drug indication symptoms. However, tools to assess the magnitude of this type of bias are currently lacking.… read more here.
Keywords: reverse causation; second line; causation bias; causation ... See more keywords