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Author's response: influenza-associated mortality oseltamivir: beware of misstepping into stepwise procedures.

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Peer-reviewed

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Article

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Authors

Verlander, Neville Q 
Zambon, Maria 
authors of the original article 

Abstract

We thank Lytras et al. [1] for the comments on our recent article assessing risk factors for mortality in inpatients with influenza and the effect of oseltamivir [2]. For this study, the authors are confident that the identification and adjustment for confounding variables have been done in a systematic and objective manner using stepwise logistic regression. We note the concerns on the methods we have used, but we do not see how these concerns are specific to our work. Rather the concerns relate in general to the application of these methods.

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Keywords

Antiviral Agents, Hospitals, Teaching, Humans, Influenza, Human, Oseltamivir, Retrospective Studies, Risk Factors

Journal Title

Euro Surveill

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Journal ISSN

1025-496X
1560-7917

Volume Title

24

Publisher

European Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (ECDC)
Sponsorship
Addenbrooke's Charitable Trust