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Critical considerations, including overfitting in regression models and confounding in study designs for delirium follow-up

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  1. Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, 1-20-1 Handayama, Higashi-Ku, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, 431-3192, Japan

    Yoshitaka Aoki, Yuji Suzuki & Yoshiki Nakajima

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Aoki, Y., Suzuki, Y. & Nakajima, Y. Critical considerations, including overfitting in regression models and confounding in study designs for delirium follow-up. J Anesth 37, 321–322 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00540-022-03157-1

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