Confounder

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-006149",
  "term": "Confounder",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. A condition or variable that is both a risk factor for disease and associated with an exposure of interest. This association between the exposure of interest and the confounder (a true risk factor for disease) may make it falsely appear that the exposure of interest is associated with disease.\n\n2. A true risk factor for disease.\n\n3. A condition or variable that is both a risk factor for disease and associated with an exposure of interest. This association between the exposure of interest and the confounder (a true risk factor for disease) may make it falsely appear that the exposure of interest is associated with disease. [EPA 2003]\n\n4. A variable that introduces bias into an association between a causal factor and an effect. (A bias resulting from an unbalanced distribution of other causal factors, or markers for such factors, among people in different exposure categories.) [NZ 2002]\n\n5. Variables that may introduce differences between cases and controls which do not reflect differences in the variables of primary interest. [RAIS 2004, SRA 2004]",
  "subject": "Health and safety",
  "see_also": [
    "Confounding Factor"
  ],
  "references": [
    "Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) Glossary; EPA 2003",
    "Adapted from Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) Glossary",
    "MRA Thesaurus"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/confounder/"
}