Browsing College of Health Sciences by Author "Xu, Chang"
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Metformin is comparable to insulin for pharmacotherapy in gestational diabetes mellitus: A network meta-analysis evaluating 6046 women.
Musa, Omran A H; Syed, Asma; Mohamed, Aisha M; Chivese, Tawanda; Clark, Justin; Furuya-Kanamori, Luis; Xu, Chang; Toft, Egon; Bashir, Mohammed; Abou-Samra, Abdul Badi; Thalib, Lukman; Doi, Suhail A... more authors ... less authors ( Elsevier , 2021 , Article)The comparative efficacy of gestational diabetes (GDM) treatments lack conclusive evidence for choice of first-line treatment. The aim of this study was to compare the efficacy of metformin and glibenclamide to insulin ... -
P-value driven methods were underpowered to detect publication bias: analysis of Cochrane review meta-analyses
Furuya-Kanamori, Luis; Xu, Chang; Lin, Lifeng; Doan, Tinh; Chu, Haitao; Thalib, Lukman; Doi, Suhail A R... more authors ... less authors ( Elsevier , 2019 , Article)To investigate the effect of number of studies in a meta-analysis on the detection of publication bias using p-value driven methods. The proportion of meta-analyses detected by Egger's, Harbord's, Peters', and Begg's tests ... -
Prevalence and determinants of symptomatic COVID-19 infection among children and adolescents in Qatar: A cross sectional analysis of 11445 individuals.
Musa, Omran A H; Chivese, Tawanda; Bansal, Devendra; Abdulmajeed, Jazeel; Ameen, Osman; Islam, Nazmul; Xu, Chang; Sallam, Mohamed A; Albayat, Soha S; Khogali, Hayat S; Ahmed, Shazia N N; Himatt, Sayed M; Nour, Mohamed; Elberdiny, Aiman A; Abdallah, Abdallah Musa; Furuya-Kanamori, Luis; Al-Romaihi, Hamad E; Doi, Suhail A R; Al-Thani, Mohammed H J; Farag, Elmoubashar Abu Baker Abd... more authors ... less authors ( Cambridge University Press , 2021 , Article)There is a paucity of evidence about the prevalence and risk factors for symptomatic infection among children. This study aimed to describe the prevalence of symptomatic COVID-19 and its risk factors in children and ...