Can the validity of a cohort be improved by reweighting based on register data? Evidence from the Swedish MDC study

• Main Authors: Anton Nilsson (Author), Carl Bonander (Author), Ulf Strömberg (Author), Jonas Björk (Author)
• Formato: Livro
• Publicado em: BMC, 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z.
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Abstract Background In any study with voluntary participation, self-selection risks leading to invalid conclusions. If the determinants of selection are observed, it is however possible to restore the parameters of interest by reweighting the sample to match the population, but this approach has sel...