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Sedentary Behavior, Physical Activity, and All-Cause Mortality: Dose-Response and Intensity Weighted Time-Use Meta-analysis.
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Elsevier
, 2019 , Article)
Previous studies have placed those with excessive sedentary behavior at increased risk of all-cause mortality. There is evidence of interdependency of sedentary behavior with physical activity, and its elucidation will ...
Selecting the best meta-analytic estimator for evidence-based practice: a simulation study.
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Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins
, 2019 , Article)
Studies included in meta-analysis can produce results that depart from the true population parameter of interest due to systematic and/or random errors. Synthesis of these results in meta-analysis aims to generate an ...
A new improved graphical and quantitative method for detecting bias in meta-analysis.
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Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins
, 2018 , Article)
Detection of publication and related biases remains suboptimal and threatens the validity and interpretation of meta-analytical findings. When bias is present, it usually differentially affects small and large studies ...
Meta-analysis in evidence-based healthcare: a paradigm shift away from random effects is overdue.
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University of Adelaide, Joanna Briggs Institute
, 2017 , Article)
Each year up to 20 000 systematic reviews and meta-analyses are published whose results influence healthcare decisions, thus making the robustness and reliability of meta-analytic methods one of the world's top clinical ...
Geographical outcome disparities in infection occurrence after colorectal surgery: An analysis of 58,096 colorectal surgical procedures
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Elsevier Ltd
, 2017 , Article)
Background Despite improved surgical practices and in-hospital surveillance systems, surgical site infections remain a major public health problem worldwide and often require readmission to hospital. The aim was to apply ...
Clostridium difficile Infection and Risk of Colectomy in Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A Bias-adjusted Meta-analysis
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Wolters Kluwer
, 2017 , Article)
Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) is a common complication of inflammatory bowel diseases (IBDs) and is associated with worse outcome. Variable rates of colectomy have been reported among IBD complicated by CDI. We ...
Prevalence of Differentiated Thyroid Cancer in Autopsy Studies Over Six Decades: A Meta-Analysis
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American Society of Clinical Oncology
, 2016 , Article)
Differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC) incidence has been reported to have increased three- to 15-fold in the past few decades. It is unclear whether this represents overdiagnosis or a true increase in incidence. Therefore, ...
Drug-free holidays: Compliance, tolerability, and acceptability of a 3-day atovaquone/proguanil schedule for pretravel malaria chemoprophylaxis in australian travelers
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Oxford University Press
, 2019 , Article)
Background
Poor compliance with chemoprophylaxis is a major contributing factor to the risk of malaria in travelers. Pre-travel chemoprophylaxis may improve compliance by enabling “drug-free holidays.” The standard treatment ...