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Empirical Comparisons of 12 Meta-analysis Methods for Synthesizing Proportions of Binary Outcomes
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Springer
, 2021 , Article)
Background: Meta-analysis is increasingly used to synthesize proportions (e.g., disease prevalence). It can be implemented with widely used two-step methods or one-step methods, such as generalized linear mixed models ...
Synthesis of evidence from zero-events studies: A comparison of one-stage framework methods
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John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
, 2021 , Article)
In evidence synthesis, dealing with zero-events studies is an important and complicated task that has generated broad discussion. Numerous methods provide valid solutions to synthesizing data from studies with zero-events, ...
Controversy and Debate: Questionable utility of the relative risk in clinical research: Paper 1: A call for change to practice
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Elsevier
, 2020 , Article)
Background and Objectives
In clinical trials, the relative risk or risk ratio (RR) is a mainstay of reporting of the effect magnitude for an intervention. The RR is the ratio of the probability of an outcome in an ...
Methodological assessment of systematic reviews and meta-analyses on COVID-19: A meta-epidemiological study
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Wiley
, 2021 , Article)
Rationale, aims, and objectives: COVID-19 has caused an ongoing public health crisis. Many systematic reviews and meta-analyses have been performed to synthesize evidence for better understanding this new disease. However, ...