Residual confounding after adjustment for age: a minor issue in breast cancer screening effectiveness
- نوع فایل : کتاب
- زبان : انگلیسی
- مؤلف : Guido van Schoor Ellen Paap Mireille J. M. Broeders Andre´ L. M. Verbeek
- چاپ و سال / کشور: 2011
Description
Residual confounding, after adjustment for age, is the major criticism of observational studies on breast cancer screening effectiveness. We developed realistic scenarios for the prevalence and strength of risk factors on screened and not screened groups, and explored the impact of residual confounding bias. Our results demonstrate that residual confounding bias is a minor issue in screening programme evaluations.
Eur J Epidemiol DOI 10.1007/s10654-011-9584-3 Received: 10 February 2011 / Accepted: 8 April 2011
