Confounding Factors, Epidemiologic
Also known asEpidemiologic Confounding Factor · Epidemiologic Confounding Factors · Confounding Factors, Epidemiology · Confounding Factor, Epidemiology · Epidemiology Confounding Factor · Epidemiology Confounding Factors · Confounding Factors, Epidemiological · Confounding Factor, Epidemiological · Epidemiological Confounding Factor · Epidemiological Confounding Factors · Confounding Variables, Epidemiologic · Confounding Variable, Epidemiologic
Definition
Factors that can cause or prevent the outcome of interest but are not intermediate variables of the factor(s) under investigation.
MeSH classification
- N05.715.350.240
- N06.850.490.718
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Age Factors
Age as a constituent element or influence contributing to the production of a result. It may be applicable to the cause or the effect of a c…
Age of Onset
The age, developmental stage, or period of life at which a disease or the initial symptoms or manifestations of a disease appear in an indiv…
Bias
Any deviation of results or inferences from the truth, or processes leading to such deviation. Bias can result from several sources: one-sid…
Causality
The relating of causes to the effects they produce. Causes are termed necessary when they must always precede an effect and sufficient when …
Cohort Effect
Variation in health status arising from different causal factors to which each birth cohort in a population is exposed as environment and so…
Comorbidity
The presence of co-existing or additional diseases with reference to an initial diagnosis or with reference to the index condition that is t…
Source: NIH MeSH 2026 (D015986) — National Library of Medicine, public domain. View official MeSH record ↗