People with all three symptoms of insomnia were 2.8 times more likely to die from a fatal injury than those with no insomnia symptoms, even after adjusting for potential confounders such as alcohol consumption and daily use of sleep medication. (sciencedaily.com)
The new approach uses an algorithm that automatically identifies and adjusts for confounders as well as or better than the most knowledgeable scientist can, says Jeremy Rassen, one of the algorithm's creators. (discovermagazine.com)
These covariates were included as confounders in the multivariable logistic regression models. (journals.lww.com)