BMJ Confidential: For Review Only Dissecti ng the curse of the rainbow jersey: historical cohort study Journal: BMJ Manuscript ID: BMJ.2015.027973 Article Type: Christmas BMJ Journal: BMJ Date Submitted by the Author: 07-Jul-2015 Complete List of Authors: Perneger, Thomas; University of Geneva, Division of Clinical Epidemiology Keywords: regression to the mean, causal inference, myths https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/bmj Page 1 of 13 BMJ 1 2 3 Dissecting the curse of the rainbow jersey: historical cohort study 4 5 6 7 Thomas Perneger 8 Confidential: For Review Only 9 Division of clinical epidemiology, Geneva University Hospitals, CH-1211 Geneva, Switzerland 10 11 Thomas Perneger, clinical epidemiologist 12 13 14 Correspondence to Thomas Perneger
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