title: Response to "Index event bias: problems with eliminating the paradox".
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Health System, and VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System, Ann Arbor, MI. Electronic address: deblevin@umich.edu.
authors.forename: Deborah A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Levine
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, University of California at San Francisco, and San Francisco VA Medical Center, San Francisco, CA.
authors.forename: James M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Walter
mesh_terms: D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000401:mortality*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality*; D012907:Smoking / Q000401:mortality*; D020521:Stroke / Q000401:mortality*