Response: selection bias in cohorts of cases

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Mark Hamer et al. Prev Med. 2013 Sep.

. 2013 Sep;57(3):249.

doi: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2013.06.018. Epub 2013 Jun 26.

No abstract available

Keywords: Collider bias; Metabolically healthy obesity; Obesity paradox.

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Overweight and obese cardiac patients have better prognosis despite reporting worse perceived health and more conventional risk factors.
Hamer M, Stamatakis E. Hamer M, et al. Prev Med. 2013 Jul;57(1):12-6. doi: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2013.02.012. Epub 2013 Feb 26. Prev Med. 2013. PMID: 23480970
Selection bias in cohorts of cases.
Schooling CM, Cowling BJ, Jones HE. Schooling CM, et al. Prev Med. 2013 Sep;57(3):247-8. doi: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2013.05.025. Epub 2013 Jun 5. Prev Med. 2013. PMID: 23747980 No abstract available.