Response to: ‘Mortality in ANCA-associated vasculitis: mission incomplete’ by Moiseev et al
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Ju Ann Tan; Natasha Dehghan; J.A. Avina-Zubieta
- Source
- Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases. 77:e9-e9
- Subject
- 030203 arthritis & rheumatology
0301 basic medicine
medicine.medical_specialty
business.industry
Immunology
Confounding
Anti-Neutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody-Associated Vasculitis
ANCA-Associated Vasculitis
Limiting
medicine.disease
General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
Antibodies, Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic
Disease activity
03 medical and health sciences
030104 developmental biology
0302 clinical medicine
Rheumatology
Humans
Immunology and Allergy
Medicine
Observational study
business
Intensive care medicine
Selection (genetic algorithm)
Systemic vasculitis
- Language
- ISSN
- 1468-2060
0003-4967
We thank Professor Moiseev and colleagues for their comments on our article.1 We acknowledge the limitations of including observational studies in our meta-analysis. We also agree that observational studies often suffer from confounding and selection biases, limiting the comparability between studies.2 This was also reflected by the …