Sensitivity Analysis in Observational Research: Introducing the E-Value

观察研究 医学 灵敏度(控制系统) 统计 价值(数学) 数学 内科学 工程类 电子工程
作者
Tyler J. VanderWeele,Peng Ding
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期刊:Annals of Internal Medicine [American College of Physicians]
卷期号:167 (4): 268-268 被引量:3885
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DOI:10.7326/m16-2607
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Sensitivity analysis is useful in assessing how robust an association is to potential unmeasured or uncontrolled confounding. This article introduces a new measure called the "E-value," which is related to the evidence for causality in observational studies that are potentially subject to confounding. The E-value is defined as the minimum strength of association, on the risk ratio scale, that an unmeasured confounder would need to have with both the treatment and the outcome to fully explain away a specific treatment–outcome association, conditional on the measured covariates. A large E-value implies that considerable unmeasured confounding would be needed to explain away an effect estimate. A small E-value implies little unmeasured confounding would be needed to explain away an effect estimate. The authors propose that in all observational studies intended to produce evidence for causality, the E-value be reported or some other sensitivity analysis be used. They suggest calculating the E-value for both the observed association estimate (after adjustments for measured confounders) and the limit of the confidence interval closest to the null. If this were to become standard practice, the ability of the scientific community to assess evidence from observational studies would improve considerably, and ultimately, science would be strengthened.
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