Genetic studies of disease progression can be used to identify factors that may influence
survival or prognosis, which may differ from factors that influence on disease susceptibility …

Abstract Purpose of Review Epidemiologic research is rarely based on a random sample of
a well-defined target population. We used causal directed acyclic graphs to demonstrate the …

Colliders, variables that serve as a common outcome of an independent and dependent
variable, pose a major challenge in psychological research. Collider variables can induce …

Objective To evaluate the association between a short‐period, high‐dose in utero aspirin
exposure and child neurocognitive development. Design A propensity score‐matched …

Does having firearms in the home increase suicide risk? To test this hypothesis, a matched
case-control study can be performed, in which suicide case subjects are compared to living …

对照选择作为流行病学研究设计的核心, 伴随健康医疗大数据研究的日益增多,
其策略在不断丰富和完善, 不同策略潜在影响的估计方法也在不断提出和推广 …

The bounds discussed in this thesis are valid for causal effects measured on a difference or
ratio scale. The bounds can be used in different situations depending on the knowledge …

This book covers classic epidemiological designs that use a reference/control group,
including case-control, case-cohort, nested case-control and variations of these designs …

“With an observed risk ratio of 10.73, unmeasured confounder (s) that were associated with
both the outcome and the exposure by a risk ratio of 21-fold each, above and beyond the …

BACKGROUND: Female breast cancer is the most studied cancer, and the second leading
cause of cancer death in women, whose aetiology is still not completely clear. The parallel …