Temporal bias in case-control design: preventing reliable predictions of the future

One of the primary tools that researchers use to predict risk is the case-control study. Here, the authors identify a flaw, temporal bias, that is specific to and uniquely associated with these studies that occurs when the study period is not representative of the data that clinicians have during th...

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Main Authors: William Yuan, Brett K. Beaulieu-Jones, Kun-Hsing Yu, Scott L. Lipnick, Nathan Palmer, Joseph Loscalzo, Tianxi Cai, Isaac S. Kohane
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Nature Portfolio 2021
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/f09efdb3737c425a8e69b209f85bbec0
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