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The association between cancer and spousal rate of memory decline: a negative control study to evaluate (unmeasured) social confounding of the cancer-memory relationship

2020-02-27 neurology Title + abstract only
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Cancer diagnoses are associated with better long-term memory in older adults, possibly reflecting a range of social confounders that increase cancer risk but improve memory. We used spouses memory as a negative control outcome to evaluate this possible confounding, since spouses share social characteristics and environments, and individuals cancers are unlikely to cause better memory among their spouses. We estimated the association of an individuals incident cancer diagnosis (exposure) with the...

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