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Effect measure modification (EMM) is when a measure of association, such as a risk ratio, changes over values of some other variable. In contrast to confounding which is a distortion, EMM is of scientific interest ,answers a research question, and can hel

2015年6月4日 — Effect modification is all about stratification and occurs when an exposure has a different effect among different subgroups. Effect ...

Confounding is a distortion of the association between an exposure and an outcome that occurs when the study groups differ with respect to other factors that ...

2022年2月8日 — Summary: A confounder is associated with both exposure under consideration and outcome. Confounding is a bias and thus must be minimized. The ...

2020年8月12日 — In short, confounders distort the association between the predictor and outcome, while effect modifiers differentiate the association between ...

To review, confounders mask a true effect, and effect modifiers mean that there is a different effect for different groups. You have reached the end of the ...

2023年4月28日 — Confounders and effect(-measure) modifiers (EMM) are concepts in causal inference, which means they are not relevant for research questions ...

由 M Kavousi 著作 — Unlike confounding, effect modification (or interaction) is a biological phenomenon in which the exposure has a different impact in different circumstances. In ...

Effect measure modification (EMM) is when a measure of association, such as a risk ratio, changes over values of some other variable. In contrast to confounding which is a distortion, EMM is of scientific interest ,answers a research question, and can hel

由 N Marlin 著作 · 2021 · 被引用 1 次 — Confounding occurs when a variable to some extent accounts for the observed effect of a risk factor. In our example, this would mean that the ...