JAC Sterne
Biographic Data
| ID | 6168276 |
|---|---|
| NAME | JAC Sterne |
| GIVEN NAMES | JAC |
| FAMILY NAME | Sterne |
| SIGNATURE | STERNE J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Bristol |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 1 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 1 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Associations of mortality rates with height using son's height as an instrumental variable
Objectives Height has been negatively associated with mortality from circulatory disease, but positively associated with mortality from most forms of cancer. These results are vulnerable to confounding, including the confounding effect of early stages of disease causing shrinkage and later death. To avoid these problems, we used the height of subjects' sons as an instrument for subjects' own height. Design A record linkage cohort study of over 2 …
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Associations of mortality rates with height using son's height as an instrumental variable
Objectives Height has been negatively associated with mortality from circulatory disease, but positively associated with mortality from most forms of cancer. These results are vulnerable to confounding, including the confounding effect of early stages of disease causing shrinkage and later death. To avoid these problems, we used the height of subjects' sons as an instrument for subjects' own height. Design A record linkage cohort study of over 2 …
Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (1 work) · Cohort (1 work) · Cohort study (1 work) · Confounding (1 work) · Cystic Fibrosis Research Advances (1 work) · Demography (1 work) · Environmental health (1 work) · Gerontology (1 work) · Gerontology (1 work) · Internal Medicine (1 work)