Reverse Causality in Cardiovascular Epidemiological Research: More Common Than Imagined?

Affiliations

¹ From Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, University of Glasgow, UK (N.S.); and MRC Population Health Research Unit, Clinical Trial Service Unit and Epidemiological Studies Unit, Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford, UK (D.P.). naveed.sattar@glasgow.ac.uk.
² From Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, University of Glasgow, UK (N.S.); and MRC Population Health Research Unit, Clinical Trial Service Unit and Epidemiological Studies Unit, Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford, UK (D.P.).

Editorial

Naveed Sattar et al. Circulation. 2017.

. 2017 Jun 13;135(24):2369-2372.

doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.117.028307.

¹ From Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, University of Glasgow, UK (N.S.); and MRC Population Health Research Unit, Clinical Trial Service Unit and Epidemiological Studies Unit, Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford, UK (D.P.). naveed.sattar@glasgow.ac.uk.
² From Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, University of Glasgow, UK (N.S.); and MRC Population Health Research Unit, Clinical Trial Service Unit and Epidemiological Studies Unit, Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford, UK (D.P.).

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Keywords: Editorials; association analysis; blood pressure; epidemiology.

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Systolic Blood Pressure Trajectory, Frailty, and All-Cause Mortality >80 Years of Age: Cohort Study Using Electronic Health Records.
Ravindrarajah R, Hazra NC, Hamada S, Charlton J, Jackson SHD, Dregan A, Gulliford MC. Ravindrarajah R, et al. Circulation. 2017 Jun 13;135(24):2357-2368. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.116.026687. Epub 2017 Apr 21. Circulation. 2017. PMID: 28432148 Free PMC article.