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effect modification Epidemiology An interaction among multiple possible cause-and-effect relationships, where the estimate of the effect of one factor on a disease process depends on other factors in the study How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| The magnitudes of effect modification among H63D heterozygotes and C282Y heterozygotes were very similar to the magnitude of effect modification among one variant allele carriers. Further studies are needed that elaborate the mechanism by which religiosity operates to influence substance abuse: whether it is a direct causative role, or a buffer-like role, or some other form of effect modification. Effect modification exists when subgroups or strata differ on the association under study. |
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