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Original Source: Stratification for Confounding - Part 2: Direct and Indirect Standardization.
Standardization is a method used to compare observed and expected rates of a given disease/outcome by removing the influence of factors that may confound the comparison. There are two major standardization methods: one is used when the 'standard' is the structure of a population (direct method) and the other when the 'standard' is a set of specific event rates (indirect method). The direct standardization is commonly used for large populations while the indirect one is applied to populations of relatively s...
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Handling of confounding in diet and asthma, allergy studies poor
(HealthDay) -- Studies investigating the effect of diet on the development of childhood asthma and allergies generally have substantial shortcomings with regard to how they handle confounding and effe...
The Transition to "Big Med": Need for Emphasis on Standardization and Cost
I just came across a blog note by a radiologist, J. Raymond Geis, reacting to Atul Gawande's recent article in the New Yorker about what he calls "Big Med." By this he means the standardization of med...
Astellas selects Accenture for standardization of global IT operations
Astellas Pharma has selected Accenture for the standardization of global IT operations to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of its IT function.
Workshop of the European Union: "Knowledge Based Bio-based Products' Pre-Standardization"
The workshop on 16th January 2013 in Brussels is part of the functionality work package of the Knowledge Based Bio-based Products' Pre-Standardization (KBBPPS) project. Amongst others, the need, expec...
The nature of confounding in genome-wide association studies
Malaria prevention in pregnancy is associated with substantial reductions in neonatal mortality and low birthweight under routine malaria control programme conditions. Malaria control programmes shoul...
Pre-diabetes as a contributor to stroke
Numerous studies have suggested an overall association between pre-diabetes and future stroke, but several confounding factors (such as age, obesity, and hypertension) make it impossible to know the.....
Confounding in clinical trials
Researchers investigated whether a low glycaemic index diet in pregnancy reduced the incidence of macrosomia—babies large for their gestational age—in an at-risk group. A randomised controlled tri...
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Stratification for Confounding - Part 2: Direct and Indirect Standardization.
Standardization is a method used to compare observed and expected rates of a given disease/outcome by removing the influence of factors that may confound the comparison. There are two major standardiz...
History of the modern epidemiological concept of confounding.
The epidemiological concept of confounding has had a convoluted history. It was first expressed as an issue of group non-comparability, later as an uncontrolled fallacy, then as a controllable fallacy...
Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) standardization serves as an important foundation of TCM modernization and internationalization, and TCM standardization strategy is the core of the subject. Recentl...
Measures to evaluate standardization of cancer therapy after the major revision of guidelines for treatment of cancer are not well established. Our objective was to evaluate the usefulness of oncology...
Redefining the Concept of Standardization for Pluripotent Stem Cells.
In this report we review the concept of standardization and propose an exhaustive framework for the proper management of technology on pluripotent stem cells based on studies of global and regional in...
