Factors associated with: problems of using exploratory multivariable regression to identify causal risk factors
Dan Lewer, Thomas D. Brothers, Elizabeth O’Nions, John Pickavance
Abstract
Lewer and colleagues explain why risk factors for a health outcome should not be studied by putting several candidate independent variables (exposures) into a multivariable regression model and identifying which are statistically significant after mutual adjustment.
Topics & Concepts
Multivariable calculusRegression analysisRegressionOutcome (game theory)Linear regressionRisk factorLogistic regressionEconometricsCausality (physics)Computer scienceMedicineVariablesIdentification (biology)StatisticsTerm (time)Cross-sectional regressionCausal modelMultivariate statisticsFactor regression modelStatistical Methods in Epidemiology