Asking Too Much of Epidemiologic Studies: The Problem of Collider Bias and the Obesity Paradox

Affiliations

¹ From the aDepartment of Applied Mathematics, Computer Science and Statistics, Ghent University, Gent, Belgium; and bCentre for Statistical Methodology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom.

Editorial

Stijn Vansteelandt. Epidemiology. 2017 Sep.

. 2017 Sep;28(5):e47-e49.

doi: 10.1097/EDE.0000000000000693.

¹ From the aDepartment of Applied Mathematics, Computer Science and Statistics, Ghent University, Gent, Belgium; and bCentre for Statistical Methodology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom.

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Comment on

Collider Bias Is Only a Partial Explanation for the Obesity Paradox.
Sperrin M, Candlish J, Badrick E, Renehan A, Buchan I. Sperrin M, et al. Epidemiology. 2016 Jul;27(4):525-30. doi: 10.1097/EDE.0000000000000493. Epidemiology. 2016. PMID: 27075676 Free PMC article.
Re: Collider Bias Is Only a Partial Explanation for the Obesity Paradox.
Viallon V, Dufournet M. Viallon V, et al. Epidemiology. 2017 Sep;28(5):e43-e45. doi: 10.1097/EDE.0000000000000691. Epidemiology. 2017. PMID: 28574919 No abstract available.
The Authors Respond.
Sperrin M, Candlish J, Badrick E, Renehan A, Buchan I. Sperrin M, et al. Epidemiology. 2017 Sep;28(5):e46. doi: 10.1097/EDE.0000000000000692. Epidemiology. 2017. PMID: 28763346 Free PMC article. No abstract available.