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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Epidemiol. 2014 Aug 12;24(10):747–753. doi: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2014.07.014

Table 1.

Correctly specified parameters for adjustment of collider-stratification bias in a cohort (N=100,000) defined by the DAGs in Figures 31 and 41

Trial P(S=1|Y=0,X=0,Z=0) eβSX eβSY eβSYX True
ORYX|z
Biased
ORYX|z,S=1
Bias adjusted
ORYX|z,S-adj
Bias RMSE
A1 0.10 5.0 5.0 1.0 1.01 (0.97, 1.04) 0.59 (0.55, 0.63) 1.01 (0.97, 1.04) −0.0023 0.0176
A2 0.20 5.0 5.0 1.0 1.01 (0.97, 1.04) 0.62 (0.59, 0.65) 1.00 (0.97, 1.03) −0.0099 0.0200
A3 0.50 5.0 5.0 1.0 1.01 (0.97, 1.04) 0.75 (0.72, 0.78) 1.00 (0.97, 1.04) −0.0036 0.0178
A4 0.70 5.0 5.0 1.0 1.01 (0.97, 1.04) 0.83 (0.80, 0.87) 1.01 (0.97, 1.04) −0.0013 0.0174
A5 0.10 0.7 0.7 1.0 1.01 (0.97, 1.04) 1.00 (0.88, 1.14) 1.03 (0.99, 1.06) 0.0192 0.0260
A6 0.10 10.0 0.5 1.0 1.00 (0.96, 1.03) 1.25 (1.12, 1.39) 0.99 (0.95, 1.02) −0.0073 0.0196
A7 0.10 10.0 5.0 1.0 1.00 (0.96, 1.03) 0.44 (0.41, 0.48) 0.99 (0.95, 1.02) −0.0073 0.0195
A8 0.10 10.0 10.0 1.0 1.00 (0.96, 1.03) 0.33 (0.30, 0.35) 0.98 (0.95, 1.02) −0.0133 0.0224
B1 0.10 5.0 5.0 1.0 1.97 (1.90, 2.05) 1.16 (1.09, 1.24) 1.95 (1.88, 2.03) −0.0200 0.0275
B2 0.20 5.0 5.0 1.0 1.97 (1.90, 2.05) 1.22 (1.16, 1.29) 1.95 (1.87, 2.02) −0.0279 0.0336
B3 0.50 5.0 5.0 1.0 1.97 (1.90, 2.05) 1.47 (1.41, 1.53) 1.97 (1.90, 2.04) −0.0063 0.0198
B4 0.70 5.0 5.0 1.0 1.97 (1.90, 2.05) 1.63 (1.57, 1.70) 1.97 (1.90, 2.04) −0.0022 0.0189
B5 0.10 0.7 0.7 1.0 1.97 (1.90, 2.05) 1.99 (1.73, 2.29) 2.02 (1.95, 2.10) 0.0465 0.0502
B6 0.10 10.0 0.5 1.0 1.97 (1.90, 2.04) 2.54 (2.32, 2.78) 1.99 (1.92, 2.07) 0.0261 0.0322
B7 0.10 10.0 5.0 1.0 1.97 (1.90, 2.04) 0.92 (0.85, 0.98) 1.93 (1.86, 2.01) −0.0330 0.0381
B8 0.10 10.0 10.0 1.0 1.97 (1.90, 2.04) 0.82 (0.77, 0.87) 1.90 (1.83, 1.97) −0.0668 0.0694
C1 0.20 5.0 5.0 0.4 1.97 (1.90, 2.05) 1.05 (1.00, 1.11) 1.94 (1.87, 2.01) −0.0368 0.0413
C2 0.20 5.0 5.0 0.8 1.97 (1.90, 2.05) 1.19 (1.13, 1.25) 1.94 (1.87, 2.02) −0.0286 0.0342
C3 0.20 5.0 5.0 2.0 1.97 (1.90, 2.05) 1.29 (1.22, 1.36) 1.94 (1.87, 2.01) −0.0313 0.0365
C4 0.20 5.0 5.0 5.0 1.97 (1.90, 2.05) 1.34 (1.27, 1.41) 1.95 (1.88, 2.02) −0.0218 0.0288
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Simulated prevalences in the hypothetical population were held constant as follows: P(X=1 | Z=0) = 0.3 and P(Y=1 | X=0, Z=0) = 0.5.