Table 3.

Adjusted odds ratio with 95% confidence interval or MCSA interval using conventional and probabilistic bias analyses. All estimates were obtained by adjusting for age, smoking, education level, physical activity and socioeconomic status

Conventional analysis	Bias parameter distribution	Bias analysis (95% MCSA)
		Non-differential	Differential (r = 0.8)	Differential (r = 0.5)	Differential (r = 0.25)
1.05 (95% CI: 0.57, 1.91)	Triangular	1.96 (1.20, 6.01)	1.93 (0.67, 10.07)	2.03 (0.97, 12.10)	2.30 (1.28, 12.23)
	Beta	1.82 (1.20, 3.83)	2.99 (1.11, 17.74)	5.14 (3.53, 22.09)	5.56 (3.88, 24.00)
	Logit-logistic	2.29 (1.23, 11.84)	3.65 (1.16, 17.42)	5.20 (4.13, 18.00)	5.67 (4.64, 18.30)