Open AccessExploration of Confounding Due to Poor Health in an Accelerometer–Mortality Study
Author(s) -
Charles E. Matthews,
Richard P. Troiano,
Elizabeth A. Salerno,
David Berrigan,
Shreya Patel,
Eric J. Shiroma,
Pedro F. SaintMaurice
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
medicine and science in sports and exercise
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.703
H-Index - 224
eISSN - 1530-0315
pISSN - 0195-9131
DOI - 10.1249/mss.0000000000002405
Subject(s) - confounding , medicine , national health and nutrition examination survey , hazard ratio , logistic regression , demography , proportional hazards model , odds ratio , odds , gerontology , information bias , physical activity , epidemiology , national health interview survey , environmental health , confidence interval , physical therapy , selection bias , population , surgery , pathology , sociology
Confounding due to poor health is a concern in accelerometer-based studies of physical activity and health, but detailed investigations of this source of bias are lacking.