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  • Epidemiologic research
  • Biostatistics
  • Observational studies

Background:

  • Nonrepresentative samples are common in observational epidemiology, raising concerns about potential bias.
  • The impact of sample selection on noncollapsibility, particularly concerning outcome-risk factor relationships, remains a subject of debate.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the consequences of sample selection on noncollapsibility in observational studies.
  • To analyze how sample selection affects the difference between marginal and conditional exposure-outcome associations.

Main Methods:

  • Focused on the odds ratio to define and quantify the noncollapsibility effect.
  • Examined a scenario requiring the estimation of a conditional exposure-outcome effect.

Main Results:

  • In selected samples, the noncollapsibility effect can be amplified or diminished compared to population-based studies.
  • The direction of this change depends on whether sample selection shifts risk factor prevalence towards or away from 50%.

Conclusions:

  • Estimating conditional effects is challenging in the presence of noncollapsibility, especially with unmeasured key factors.
  • The proximity of the marginal association to the conditional effect in selected versus population-based studies is contingent on population characteristics and the selection mechanism.