2025年 · 第63卷第03期

The 2024 Joint Meeting of Editors-in-Chief of Chinese Journal of Pediatrics was held on December 22, 2024 in Haikou, Hainan Province. Wei Junmin, President of the Journal of Chinese Medical Association, Professor Gui Yonghao and Professor Qian Yuan, members of the Academic Steering Committee of the 16th Editorial Committee of Chinese Journal of Pediatrics (hereinafter referred to as the Editorial Committee), Professor Wang Tianyou, editor-in-chief, Professor Du Lizhong, Feng Zhichun, Hong Jianguo, Huang Guoying, Jiang Yuwu, Li Qiu, Luo Xiaoping, Qian Suyun, Song Hongmei and Sun Kun, deputy editors-in-chief, attended the meeting. Editorial members Jiang Fan, Jiang Mizu, Liu Chunfeng, Fu Junfen, Shu Sainan, Liu Yufeng, Zhang Aihua and Zhou Wenhao, corresponding editorial member Professor Xu Baoping, and editors of the editorial department attended the meeting.

Avoiding confusion in clinical research is an issue that must be considered to ensure the quality of research. The effects of confounding factors and exposure factors on diseases are mixed together, resulting in interference to the estimation of exposure factors effects, which should be paid attention to in the process of clinical research, and attention should be paid to identification and control.