Figures & data
Figure 1 Causal directed acyclic graph (cDAG) for the effect of smoking and breast cancer. Minimally sufficient adjustment set included age, alcohol, education, physical activity and socioeconomic status (SES).
![Figure 1 Causal directed acyclic graph (cDAG) for the effect of smoking and breast cancer. Minimally sufficient adjustment set included age, alcohol, education, physical activity and socioeconomic status (SES).](/cms/asset/37e01e9b-cb4e-43b0-b340-4acfece3aa1e/dcle_a_12163249_f0001_c.jpg)
Figure 2 LOWESS (A) and fractional polynomial plot (B) for the association between age and breast cancer.
![Figure 2 LOWESS (A) and fractional polynomial plot (B) for the association between age and breast cancer.](/cms/asset/ce187694-94cb-4100-a4e8-e151fa264ffb/dcle_a_12163249_f0002_c.jpg)
Table 1 The Probability Distributions Parameters for Triangular, Beta and Logistic Distributions in Case and Control Groups
Table 2 Characteristics of Cases and Controls
Figure 3 The distribution of ORs adjusted for measurement bias and confounding, assuming non-differential (A, B and C) and differential (D, E and F) misclassification errors. The distribution of bias parameter was assumed to be triangular (A and D), beta (B and E) and logistic (C and F).
![Figure 3 The distribution of ORs adjusted for measurement bias and confounding, assuming non-differential (A, B and C) and differential (D, E and F) misclassification errors. The distribution of bias parameter was assumed to be triangular (A and D), beta (B and E) and logistic (C and F).](/cms/asset/eb6999ae-85a1-4f5f-bd28-2b9cdb6932f2/dcle_a_12163249_f0003_b.jpg)
Table 3 Adjusted Odds Ratio with 95% Confidence Interval or MCSA Interval Using Conventional and Probabilistic Bias Analyses.
Table 4 The Estimates of Population Attributable Fraction with 95% Confidence Intervals or MCSA Intervals Using Conventional and Bias Analyses
Table 5 E-Values for Alcohol Consumption Assuming No Adjustment Was Made for the Variable