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Berkson's paradox: a standalone construct

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Epidemiology

a spurious association between two conditions in hospital samples, created by how patients are admitted.

In epidemiology, Berkson's paradox refers to a spurious association between two conditions in hospital samples, created by how patients are admitted. This meaning comes from Berkson (1946) in Biometrics Bulletin.[1]

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References

Berkson, J. (1946). Limitations of the Application of Fourfold Table Analysis to Hospital Data. Biometrics Bulletin, 2(3), 47. https://doi.org/10.2307/3002000

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