CONFOUNDING OF OCCUPATION AND SMOKING - ITS MAGNITUDE AND CONSEQUENCES

被引：31

作者：

SMITH, GD

SHIPLEY, MJ

机构：

[1] Department of Epidemiology and Population Sciences, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, WC1E 7HT, Keppel Street

[2] Department of Epidemiology and Population Sciences, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, WC1E 7HT, Keppel Street

来源：

SOCIAL SCIENCE & MEDICINE | 1991年 / 32卷 / 11期

关键词：

SMOKING; CONFOUNDING; RESIDUAL CONFOUNDING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

D O I：

10.1016/0277-9536(91)90046-F

中图分类号：

R1 [预防医学、卫生学];

学科分类号：

1004 ; 120402 ;

摘要：

In a recent contribution to this journal, Sterling and Weinkam discuss the importance of the confounding of occupation and smoking when considering the contribution of smoking to mortality risk. In this report we provide estimates of the potential magnitude of this effect using data from a cohort study. It is shown that failing to consider possible confounding by socio-economic factors can lead to over-estimating of the strength of the relationship between smoking and mortality. The implications of these findings for the interpretation of results derived from observational studies are discussed. © 1991.

引用

页码：1297 / 1300

页数：4

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