Bias from restricting to live births when estimating effects of prescription drug use on pregnancy complications: A simulation

ConclusionsConditioning on live birth can be problematic when studying pregnancy complications. Simple quantitative selection bias analysis in populations restricted to live births may not fully account for selection bias.

Source: Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety - January 17, 2018 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Authors: Elizabeth A. Suarez, Suzanne N. Landi, Mitchell C. Conover, Michele Jonsson Funk Tags: ORIGINAL REPORT Source Type: research