Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
1083810 Journal of Clinical Epidemiology 2008 8 Pages PDF
Abstract
The OR should be used with caution to study effects of treatment on mutually exclusive causes of death. Practically this concern applies primarily to meta-analysis where the use of the cause-specific HR, whenever available, is recommended.
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Meta-analyses of chronic disease trials with competing causes of death may yield biased odds ratios
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