Is There a Case for Case-Control Studies in the Exploration of Retrospective Data Sets?

Myra B McGuinness^{1

2}, Jessica Kasza³, Robyn H Guymer^{1

4}

Affiliations

¹ Centre for Eye Research Australia, Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital, Melbourne, Australia.
² Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.
³ School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.
⁴ Ophthalmology, Department of Surgery, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.

Comment

Myra B McGuinness et al. JAMA Ophthalmol. 2021.

. 2021 Mar 1;139(3):309-310.

doi: 10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2020.6328.

Myra B McGuinness^{1

2}, Jessica Kasza³, Robyn H Guymer^{1

4}

¹ Centre for Eye Research Australia, Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital, Melbourne, Australia.
² Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.
³ School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.
⁴ Ophthalmology, Department of Surgery, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.

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Association of Metformin Use With Age-Related Macular Degeneration: A Case-Control Study.
Blitzer AL, Ham SA, Colby KA, Skondra D. Blitzer AL, et al. JAMA Ophthalmol. 2021 Mar 1;139(3):302-309. doi: 10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2020.6331. JAMA Ophthalmol. 2021. PMID: 33475696 Free PMC article.