Immortal time bias. Response to: Achinger, Go and Ayus

Affiliations

¹ Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, McGill University, 1020 Pine Ave. West, Montreal, PQ, H3A 1A2, Canada. E-mail: james.hanley@mcgill.ca.

Comment

James A Hanley. Int J Epidemiol. 2016 Jun.

. 2016 Jun;45(3):965-6.

doi: 10.1093/ije/dyv300. Epub 2015 Nov 11.

¹ Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, McGill University, 1020 Pine Ave. West, Montreal, PQ, H3A 1A2, Canada. E-mail: james.hanley@mcgill.ca.

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Transplant nephrectomy improves survival following a failed renal allograft.
Ayus JC, Achinger SG, Lee S, Sayegh MH, Go AS. Ayus JC, et al. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2010 Feb;21(2):374-80. doi: 10.1681/ASN.2009050480. Epub 2009 Oct 29. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2010. PMID: 19875809 Free PMC article.
Avoiding blunders involving 'immortal time'.
Hanley JA, Foster BJ. Hanley JA, et al. Int J Epidemiol. 2014 Jun;43(3):949-61. doi: 10.1093/ije/dyu105. Epub 2014 Apr 23. Int J Epidemiol. 2014. PMID: 24760815 Free PMC article. No abstract available.
Getting it Straight: Avoiding Blunders While Criticizing a Peer's Work.
Achinger SG, Go AS, Ayus JC. Achinger SG, et al. Int J Epidemiol. 2016 Jun;45(3):619-20. doi: 10.1093/ije/dyv154. Epub 2015 Aug 14. Int J Epidemiol. 2016. PMID: 26275449 No abstract available.