Selected Publications (since 2001)

Shahar E, Whitney CW, Redline S, Lee ET, Newman AB, Nieto FJ, O'Connor GT, Boland LL, Schwartz JE, Samet JM. Sleep-disordered breathing and cardiovascular disease: Cross-sectional results of the Sleep Heart Health Study. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2001;163:19-25.

Shahar E. Generalizability: beyond plausibility and handwaving. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice 2003 May;9(2):151-9.

Shahar E. On morality and logic in medical practice: invited commentary on 'A critical appraisal of evidence-based medicine: some ethical considerations' (Gupta 2003); Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice 9, 111-121).2003 May;9(2):133-5.

Shahar E, Chambless LE, Rosamond WD, Boland LL, Ballantyne CM, McGovern PG, Sharrett AR. Plasma lipid profile and incident ischemic stroke: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study. Stroke 2003 Mar;34(3):623-31

Shahar E, Redline S, Young T, Boland LL, Baldwin CM, Nieto FJ, O’Connor GT, Rapoport DM, Robbins JA. Hormone-replacement therapy and sleep-disordered breathing. The American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine 2003 May 1;167(9):1186-92

Shahar E. On editorial practice and peer review. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice 2007;13:699-701

Shahar E. Commentary: interpreting the interpretation. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice 2007;13:693-4 (invited submission)

Shahar E. Estimating causal parameters without target populations. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice 2007;13:814-816

Shahar E. Does anyone know the road from a randomized trial to personalized medicine? Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice 2008;14(5):726-731 (invited book review).

Shahar E. Evaluating the effect of change on change: a different viewpoint. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice 2009 Feb;15(1):204-7

O’Connor GT, Caffo B, Newman AB, Quan SF, Rapoport DM, Redline S, Resnick H, Samet J, Shahar E. Prospective study of sleep-disordered breathing and hypertension: The Sleep Heart Health Study. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2009;179(12):1159-64

Shahar E. Causal diagrams for encoding and evaluation of information bias. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice 2009;15(3):436-40

Shahar E. The association of body mass index with health outcomes: causal, inconsistent, or confounded? American Journal of Epidemiology 2009;170:957-8

Shahar E. Shahar responds to "causal diagrams and measurement bias". American Journal of Epidemiology 2009;170:963-4 (originally submitted under the title: Causal diagrams, constructs, and measurement error: an erroneous amalgamation)

Shahar E, Shahar DJ. On the causal structure of information bias and confounding bias in randomized trials. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice 2009;15:1214-6

Monahan K, Storfer-Isser A, Mehra R, Shahar E, Mittleman M, Rottman J, Punjabi N, Sanders M, Quan SF, Resnick H, Redline S. Triggering of nocturnal arrhythmias by sleep-disordered breathing events. J Am Coll Cardiol 2009;54:1797-804

Barr RG, Bluemke DA, Ahmed F, Carr JJ, Enright PL , Hoffman EA, Jiang R, Kawut SM, Kronmal RA, Lima JA, Shahar E, Smith LJ, Watson KE. Percent emphysema, airflow obstruction, and impaired left ventricular filling. New England Journal of Medicine 2010;362: 217-27

Shahar E, Shahar DJ. More on selection bias (originally submitted under the title “On the hazard ratio and disease-related colliding bias”). Epidemiology 2010; 21:429-30 (letter)

Shahar E, Shahar DJ. On the definition of effect modification. Epidemiology 2010; 21:587 (letter)

Shahar E. Metabolic syndrome? A critical look from the viewpoints of causal diagrams and statistics. Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine 2010;11:772-9

Shahar E, Shahar DJ. Causal diagrams and change variables. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice (Epub ahead of print)

Shahar E, Shahar DJ. Causal diagrams, information bias, and thought bias. Pragmatic and Observational Research 2010;1:33-47

Shahar E. A method to detect an unknown confounder: something from nothing? Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice, Epub March 13, 2011

Shahar E, Shahar DJ. Marginal structural models: much ado about (almost) nothing. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice, Epub Aug 24, 2011

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