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Effect modification in epidemiology and medicine.

Farin Kamangar1.   

Abstract

Effect modification, also known as interaction or heterogeneity of effect, is an important concept in epidemiology.  This article reviews the definition and types of effect modification, methods to detect effect modification, the reasons for observing effect modification in epidemiologic studies, the importance of choice of model in finding effect modifiers, and effect modifications that are important to public health.

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Year:  2012        PMID： 22924379     DOI： 012159/AIM.0014

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Arch Iran Med        ISSN： 1029-2977            Impact factor:   1.354


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1.  Single-incision laparoscopic surgery increases the risk of unintentional thermal injury from the monopolar "Bovie" instrument in comparison with traditional laparoscopy.

Authors:  Nicole T Townsend; Edward L Jones; Doug Overbey; Bruce Dunne; Jennifer McHenry; Thomas N Robinson
Journal:  Surg Endosc       Date:  2016-11-18       Impact factor: 4.584

2.  Are directed acyclic graphs (dags) an important tool to perform observational studies? reflections from a case in burned patients.

Authors:  R Machado-Rivera; E Mezones-Holguín
Journal:  Ann Burns Fire Disasters       Date:  2018-03-31

3.  Impact of body fat changes in mediating the effects of antiretroviral therapy on blood pressure in HIV-infected persons in a sub-Saharan African setting.

Authors:  Chidozie U Nduka; Olalekan A Uthman; Peter K Kimani; Abraham O Malu; Saverio Stranges
Journal:  Infect Dis Poverty       Date:  2016-06-01       Impact factor: 4.520

4.  Rate of and time to symptomatic remission in first-episode psychosis in Northern Malawi: A STROBE-compliant article.

Authors:  Atipatsa Chiwanda Kaminga; Wenjie Dai; Aizhong Liu; Japhet Myaba; Richard Banda; Shi Wu Wen; Xiongfeng Pan
Journal:  Medicine (Baltimore)       Date:  2018-11       Impact factor: 1.889

5.  Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Adult Health (ELSA-Brasil): socio-occupational class as an effect modifier for the relationship between adiposity measures and self-rated health.

Authors:  Thaís Lopes de Oliveira; Rosane Harter Griep; Joanna Nery Guimarães; Luana Giatti; Dóra Chor; Maria de Jesus Mendes da Fonseca
Journal:  BMC Public Health       Date:  2019-06-11       Impact factor: 3.295

6.  Chronic musculoskeletal pain prospectively predicts insomnia in older people, not moderated by age, gender or co-morbid illnesses.

Authors:  Regina Wing Shan Sit; Benjamin Hon Kei Yip; Bo Wang; Dicken Cheong Chun Chan; Dexing Zhang; Samuel Yeung Shan Wong
Journal:  Sci Rep       Date:  2021-01-15       Impact factor: 4.379

7.  Investigating the effects of genetic risk of schizophrenia on behavioural traits.

Authors:  Adam Socrates; Jessye Maxwell; Kylie P Glanville; Marta Di Forti; Robin M Murray; Evangelos Vassos; Paul F O'Reilly
Journal:  NPJ Schizophr       Date:  2021-01-22

8.  Race and Ethnic Differences in Additive and Multiplicative Effects of Depression and Anxiety on Cardiovascular Risk.

Authors:  Shervin Assari
Journal:  Int J Prev Med       Date:  2016-01-13
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