Attrition in the European Child Cohort IDEFICS/I.Family: Exploring Associations Between Attrition and Body Mass Index

• Main Authors: Malte Langeheine (Author), Hermann Pohlabeln (Author), Fabio Lauria (Author), Toomas Veidebaum (Author), Michael Tornaritis (Author), Denes Molnar (Author), Gabriele Eiben (Author), Stefaan de Henauw (Author), Luis A. Moreno (Author), Garrath Williams (Author), Wolfgang Ahrens (Author), Stefan Rach (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2018-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Attrition may lead to bias in epidemiological cohorts, since participants who are healthier and have a higher social position are less likely to drop out. We investigated possible selection effects regarding key exposures and outcomes in the IDEFICS/I.Family study, a large European cohort on the eti...