Preferred Label : Confounding Factors, Epidemiologic;
MeSH definition : Factors that can cause or prevent the outcome of interest, are not intermediate variables,
and are not associated with the factor(s) under investigation. They give rise to situations
in which the effects of two processes are not separated, or the contribution of causal
factors cannot be separated, or the measure of the effect of exposure or risk is distorted
because of its association with other factors influencing the outcome of the study.; Factors that can cause or prevent the outcome of interest but are not intermediate
variables of the factor(s) under investigation.;
MeSH synonym : confounding factor, epidemiologic; epidemiologic confounding factor; epidemiologic confounding factors; Confounding Variables, Epidemiologic; Confounding Variable, Epidemiologic; Epidemiologic Confounding Variable; Epidemiologic Confounding Variables; Variable, Epidemiologic Confounding; Variables, Epidemiologic Confounding; Confounding Variables, Epidemiological; Confounding Variable, Epidemiological; Epidemiological Confounding Variable; Epidemiological Confounding Variables; Variable, Epidemiological Confounding; Variables, Epidemiological Confounding; Confounding Factors, Epidemiology; Confounding Factor, Epidemiology; Epidemiology Confounding Factor; Epidemiology Confounding Factors; Confounding Factors, Epidemiological; Confounding Factor, Epidemiological; Epidemiological Confounding Factor; Epidemiological Confounding Factors;
CISMeF synonym : factor, epidemiologic confounding; factors, epidemiologic confounding; confounding factors (epidemiology); confounding factor (epidemiology); confounding variables; factor, confounding (epidemiology); factors, confounding (epidemiology);
MeSH Hyperonym : Confounding Variable; Variable, Confounding; Variables, Confounding;
MeSH annotation : IM GEN only; coord NIM with disease /epidemiol (IM), not /etiol; no qualif; specify
geog if pertinent; DF: CONFOUNDING FACTORS; IM general only; coordinate NIM with disease /epidemiol (IM), not /etiol; specify
geographic term if pertinent; IM general only; coordinate NIM with disease /epidemiol, not /etiol; specify geographic
location if pertinent;
Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confounding variables;
Origin ID : D015986;
UMLS CUI : C0009673;
Record concept(s)
- Semantic type(s)
Factors that can cause or prevent the outcome of interest, are not intermediate variables,
and are not associated with the factor(s) under investigation. They give rise to situations
in which the effects of two processes are not separated, or the contribution of causal
factors cannot be separated, or the measure of the effect of exposure or risk is distorted
because of its association with other factors influencing the outcome of the study.
Factors that can cause or prevent the outcome of interest but are not intermediate
variables of the factor(s) under investigation.
