Negative control exposure studies in the presence of measurement error: implications for attempted effect estimate calibration.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Negative control exposure studies are increasingly being used in epidemiological studies to strengthen causal inference regarding an exposure-outcome association when unobserved confounding is thought to be present. Negative control exposure studies contrast the magnitude of association of the negative control, which has no causal effect on the outcome but is associated with the unmeasured confounders in the same way as the exposure, with the magnitude of the association of the exposure with the outcome. A markedly larger effect of the exposure on the outcome than the negative control on the outcome strengthens inference that the exposure has a causal effect on the outcome.

Methods

We investigate the effect of measurement error in the exposure and negative control

SUBMITTER: Sanderson E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5913619 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature