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Bradford Hill criteria

In evidence-based medicine, Bradford Hill criteria were proposed in 1965 and help assess the likelihood of causation[1].

The criteria

The criteria

The criteria are[1]:

  • Strength or magnitude of association?
  • Consistency of association across studies?
  • Specificity of association?
  • Temporality of association?
  • Plausibility based on biological knowledge?
  • Biological gradient: or dose-response relationship?
  • Coherence? Does the proposed association explain other observations?
  • Experimental evidence?
  • Analogy?
See also

See also

External links
References

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Hill AB (1965). “The Environment And Disease: Association Or Causation?”. Proc. R. Soc. Med. 58: 295–300. PMC 1898525. PMID 14283879.


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