Survival Bias When Assessing Risk Factors for Age-Related Macular Degeneration: A Tutorial with Application to the Exposure of Smoking.
Myra B McGuinessAmalia KarahaliosJessica KaszaRobyn H GuymerRobert P FingerJulie A SimpsonPublished in: Ophthalmic epidemiology (2017)
Survival bias can attenuate associations between harmful exposures and diseases of aging. Estimation of the SACE using a sensitivity analysis approach should be considered when conducting epidemiological research within elderly populations.