Simple Sensitivity Analysis for Differential Measurement Error

11/01/2018
by   Tyler J. VanderWeele, et al.
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Simple sensitivity analysis results are given for differential measurement error of either the exposure or the outcome. In the case of differential measurement error of the outcome it is shown that the true effect of the exposure on the outcome on the risk ratio scale must be at least as large as the observed association between the exposure and the mis-measured outcome divided by the maximum strength of differential measurement error, assessed as the risk ratio of the controlled direct effect of the exposure on mis-measured outcome not through the true outcome. In the case of differential measurement error of the exposure it is shown that the true effect on the risk ratio scale of the exposure on the outcome must be at least as large as the observed association between the mis-measured exposure measurement and the outcome divided by the maximum strength of differential measurement error, assessed as the risk ratio of the effect of the outcome on mis-measured exposure measurement conditional on the true exposure. The results can also be immediately used to indicate the minimum strength of differential measurement error that would be needed to explain away an observed association between an exposure measurement and an outcome measurement.

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