Zieliński Andrzej
Zakład Epidemiologi, Narodowego Instytutu Zdrowia Publicznego - Państwowego Zakladu Higieny, Warszawa.
Przegl Epidemiol. 2008;62(2):461-70.
The article describes problems caused by measurement bias of categorical variables in epidemiological studies. It analyses attenuation of measures of association, which can be related to misclassification in epidemiological studies. Problems with correction for confounders in the presence of misclassification of exposure are also described.
本文描述了流行病学研究中分类变量测量偏差所导致的问题。它分析了关联测量的衰减,这可能与流行病学研究中的错误分类有关。还描述了在存在暴露错误分类的情况下校正混杂因素的问题。