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residual confounding: a standalone construct

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Epidemiology

confounding that remains after adjustment because confounders were measured imperfectly or not at all, which can produce spurious associations.

In epidemiology, residual confounding refers to confounding that remains after adjustment because confounders were measured imperfectly or not at all, which can produce spurious associations. This meaning comes from Fewell (2007) in American Journal of Epidemiology.[1]

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  1. Fewell, Z., Davey Smith, G., & Sterne, J. A. C. (2007). The Impact of Residual and Unmeasured Confounding in Epidemiologic Studies: A Simulation Study. American Journal of Epidemiology, 166(6), 646-655. https://doi.org/10.1093/aje/kwm165

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