Structural Bias in Studies of Cardiovascular Disease: Let's Not Be Fooled by the "Obesity Paradox"

Can J Cardiol. 2018 May;34(5):540-542. doi: 10.1016/j.cjca.2017.10.025. Epub 2017 Nov 7.

Authors

Steven D Stovitz¹, Hailey R Banack², Jay S Kaufman³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. Electronic address: stovitz@umn.edu.
² Department of Epidemiology and Environmental Health, School of Public Health and Health Professions, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, New York, USA.
³ Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Occupational Health, McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada.

PMID: 29289401
DOI: 10.1016/j.cjca.2017.10.025

No abstract available

Publication types

Editorial
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Bias*
Cardiovascular Diseases / epidemiology*
Causality
Humans
Obesity / epidemiology*
Protective Factors
Research Design*
Risk Factors

Grants and funding

CIHR/Canada