Estimating the Effect of Bariatric Surgery on Cardiovascular Events Using Observational Data?

AL Madenci, KE Kurgansky, BA Dickerman… - …, 2024 - journals.lww.com
Background: Observational studies have reported strongly protective effects of bariatric
surgery on cardiovascular disease, but with oversimplified definitions of the intervention …

Placebo Adherence as a Negative Control Exposure

KN Wanis, AL Sarvet - Epidemiology, 2024 - journals.lww.com
The clinical research community has historically been skeptical of assumptions not enforced
by design. 1 In the 1980s, investigators of the landmark coronary drug project (CDP)—a …