Focal Interest
Focal Interest

Confounding

  1. Ambient air pollution is linked to cardiovascular admissions and deaths
    Systematic review and meta-analysis of ambient air pollution's association with cardiovascular disease in low- and lower-middle-income countries, identifying positive associations with PM and NO2.
  2. Paternal valproate use was not linked to child neurodevelopmental disorders
    Study examining paternal valproate use and neurodevelopmental disorder risk in children using Norwegian and Taiwanese cohorts finds no significant associations after adjustment for confounding.
  3. Prenatal acid-suppressive drugs were not linked to child neuropsychiatric risk in sibling analyses
    Sibling-control analysis of South Korean health data found no association between prenatal acid-suppressive medication exposure and neuropsychiatric disorders in children.