Interpretation of epidemiological studies very often lacked adequate consideration of confounding

Confounding bias is a most pervasive threat to validity of observational epidemiological research.

Source: Journal of Clinical Epidemiology - September 21, 2017 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Lars G. Hemkens, Hannah Ewald, Florian Naudet, Aviv Ladanie, Jonathan G. Shaw, Gautam Sajeev, John P.A. Ioannidis Source Type: research