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January 1, 2000Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety

Confounding by indication: the case of calcium channel blockers

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Key result

Confounding by indication is difficult to determine in studies of calcium channel blockers, but various analytic methods may be useful when it is suspected.

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MJMarshall M. JoffeUniversity of Pennsylvania

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Implication

Analytic methods may address confounding by indication in CCB studies; leaves open whether prior safety signals were artifactual.

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Calcium channel blockers

This review highlights the challenges of confounding by indication in observational studies of calcium channel blockers and suggests analytic methods to address it.

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Marshall M. Joffe (2000) reported a review. Calcium channel blockers was evaluated. Confounding by indication is difficult to determine in studies of calcium channel blockers, but various analytic methods may be useful when it is suspected.

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