Stratified Probabilistic Bias Analysis for Body Mass Index–related Exposure Misclassification in Postmenopausal Women

RT @societyforepi: BMI is the most metric used to define obesity despite introducing substantial error into epidemiologic analyses. In t…

BMI underestimates obesity in post menopausal women, and varies by race. It’s interesting/scary to think that this exposure misclassification might mean the effects of obesity on mortality are even larger than we thought.

RT @societyforepi: BMI is the most metric used to define obesity despite introducing substantial error into epidemiologic analyses. In t…

面白い。これではないけど、BMIが少し高い方が長生きするのかなとBMIと死亡年齢を比較したものをみて思ったことがある。多分文献もあるだろうから調べよう。