4 stratification and meta analysis of dichotomous data

... Tolerability and adverse events in clinical trials of celecoxib in osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis: systematic review and meta- analysis of information from company clinical trial reports R Andrew ... understanding of adverse events occurring with celecoxib in the treatment of osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis Data were extracted from company clinical trial reports of randomised trials of ... intention-to-treat (number of patients randomised and receiving at least one dose of trial drug) analysis Homogeneity tests and funnel plots, though commonly used in meta- analysis, were not used

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 06:22

... often standardized to a mean of 100 and a standard deviation (SD) of 15 [25] In studies where standardized tests were not used, the scores were converted into a standardized scale with mean of ... “systematic reviews”, ? ?meta- analysis? ?? The search strategy was run on PubMed and Google Scholar Last date of search was 31st December, 2017 Data on cognitive and/ or motor scores from each of the studies ... point of assessment was considered for analysis This was done to avoid the analyses of correlated data from repetitive and paired observations, and consequently compromising the reliability of the

Ngày tải lên: 01/02/2020, 05:26

... cumulative meta- analysis Flaherman considered studies that reported both high birth weight and high BMI in school aged children for cumulative meta- analysis and they reported OR and RR and applied ... also we considered SMD analysis, cumulative meta- analysis and adjusted ORs Subgroup analyses for gender, age, continents, and asthma diagnosis method, year of publication and sample size were applied ... Reviews and Meta- analyses; RR: Relative risk; SD: Standard deviation; SDS: Standard deviation score; SMD: Standardized mean difference Acknowledgments Student Research Committee of Ilam University of

Ngày tải lên: 20/02/2020, 22:04

... role in the design of the study and collection, analysis and interpretation of the data and in writing the manuscript However, authors ME and TM are employees of Sanofi-Aventis and have worked on ... 76] and in one of these studies also for time to cure and duration of hospitalization [30] Of note, one of these studies also had included an arm with combination of smectite and racecadotril and ... Critique of methods and limitations of analysis Our analysis is based on a systematic search for randomized studies testing the efficacy and tolerability of racecadotril in the treatment of acute

Ngày tải lên: 20/02/2020, 22:05

... Gidrewicz and Fenton BMC Pediatrics 2014, 14:216 http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2431/14/216 RESEARCH ARTICLE Open Access A systematic review and meta- analysis of the nutrient content of preterm and ... additional data, the study was not included in the meta- analysis Data were extracted by DG and checked for accuracy by TRF Since breast milk fat content varies between fore and hind milk [6,7] and diurnally ... : mean +/- standard deviations Gidrewicz and Fenton BMC Pediatrics 2014, 14:216 http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2431/14/216 Page of 14 Table Meta- analysis results of preterm and term breast

Ngày tải lên: 02/03/2020, 15:20

... major databases, comparing the short-term surgical and long-term oncological outcomes of LMLR and OMLR in the treatment of HCC Only studies were included in this meta- analysis because of the ... the results of the current meta- analysis The major shortcoming of the current report was that only retrospective non-randomized controlled trials were included for review and meta- analysis Therefore, ... further assessment Data extraction was carried out by both reviewers (CZ and LLS) independently; SPH, XFL, LSH, JHH, and CMX analyzed and interpreted the data; ZYW and CZ wrote and revised the manuscript

Ngày tải lên: 17/06/2020, 18:51

... declare that Dr Sheng Zhang and Fei Liang had full access to all of the data in the study and take responsibility for the integrity of the data and the accuracy of the data analysis Liang et al BMC ... peptidase-4 inhibitors and risk of heart failure in type diabetes: systematic review and meta- analysis of randomised and observational studies BMJ 2016;352:i610 Page 11 of 12 19 Li L, Shen J, ... Vandvik PO, Rios LP, Malaga G, Wong E, Sohani Z, et al Incretin treatment and risk of pancreatitis in patients with type diabetes mellitus: systematic review and meta- analysis of randomised and

Ngày tải lên: 23/07/2020, 23:48

... 20:283 Page of 13 Fig The PRISMA flow diagram of identification and selection of studies for the systematic review and meta- analysis Data synthesis and statistical analysis Results Data was analyzed ... and interpretation of data and wrote the paper SS: Data extraction, analyze and interpretation of data and wrote the paper SH involved at the review of the draft manuscript All authors read and ... studies also extracted the data and evaluated the risk of bias Data extraction A standardized data extraction form of JBI was used to extract the necessary data The data extraction tool was piloted

Ngày tải lên: 29/07/2020, 23:03

... were included for critical appraisal and meta- analysis Data synthesis and statistical analysis were carried out using RevMan 5.3 software Results: A total of seven studies including 573 patients ... systematic review and meta- analysis based on Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta- analyses (PRISMA) guidelines was conducted in PubMed, Embase and Cochrane database All original ... Transanal total mesorectal excision (taTME) for rectal cancer: a systematic review and meta- analysis of oncological and perioperative outcomes compared with laparoscopic total mesorectal excision

Ngày tải lên: 21/09/2020, 01:40

... RC and JW Data was extracted from trials by RC, JW, AM, KN and PH Data entry into RevMan as well as was carried out by RC Analysis and interpretation of analysis was carried out by RC, JW and ... assessment of the risk of bias of the included studies [27] We assessed each of the risk of bias items as low, high, or unclear Data synthesis and analysis We analysed data using The Cochrane ... the shedding of the outer layers of the skin and moist desquamation occurs when the skin thins and then begins to weep as a result of loss of integrity of the epithelial barrier and a decrease

Ngày tải lên: 05/11/2020, 01:01

... search syntax Data extraction and statistical analysis We extracted relevant information of each study (e.g study and population characteristics, patient and tumor characteristics, and IHC methodology) ... search in the databases of MEDLINE and EMBASE on August 21st, 2012 Search terms included synonyms for the targets of interest (CXCR4, GLUT1, CAIX, and IGF1R), combined with ‘breast’ and ‘mamm*’ ... could profoundly alter biomarker status, N = 10), or (4) the prevalence of the target of interest was not reported and could not be derived from the published data (N = 20) All references of the

Ngày tải lên: 05/11/2020, 05:34

... http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2407/12/559 RESEARCH ARTICLE Open Access Physical and psychosocial benefits of yoga in cancer patients and survivors, a systematic review and meta- analysis of randomized controlled trials Laurien M Buffart1*, ... glucose and lipids, fatigue, pain, and sleep in healthy people and in people with conditions such as diabetes and multiple sclerosis [34] Previous reviews [35,36] and a meta- analysis [37] of intervention ... cancer using means and standard deviations of post-test scores of the intervention and control groups Results: Sixteen publications of 13 RCTs met the inclusion criteria, of which one included

Ngày tải lên: 05/11/2020, 07:54

... means, standard deviations (SDs), number of events, and total number of participants If the trials just provided graphs, we extract data using GetData Graph Digitizer software [30] The median and ... published focusing on different doses of peripheral DEX for BPB The objective of current systematic review and meta- analysis was therefore to define the optimal dose of perineural DEX that prolongs ... Risk of Bias Tool [29] Studies were assessed for random sequence generation, allocation concealment, blinding of participants and personnel, blinding of outcome assessors, incomplete outcome data,

Ngày tải lên: 12/01/2022, 22:20

... contributions HX,JZ and LC designed and conceived of the study, performed the statistical analysis .and drafted the manuscript XC and CS participated in theinterpretation of data and drafting of the manuscript ... study was a meta- analysis, and ethics approval was not needed This review and meta- analysis was reported on the basis of the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta- Analyses ... accuracy of data results, freedom from selective reporting and other biases The quality of the outcomes in the meta- analysis was evaluated by the Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and

Ngày tải lên: 13/01/2022, 01:26

... statistical analysis, and drafted the manuscript XC and TL participated in the interpretation of data, analysis, and drafting of the manuscript CZ and LW participated in the study design and coordination, ... combination for PCA used lower doses of sufentanil; and Feng et al BMC Anesthesiology (2019) 19:81 Page of 11 A B Fig Forest plot of meta- analysis of VAS at 24 h (a) and 48 h postoperatively (b) DEX ... a meta- analysis of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) to quantify the effect of dexmedetomidine as an adjuvant for postoperative PCA with sufentanil Methods This systematic review and meta- analysis

Ngày tải lên: 13/01/2022, 01:43

... jkern@ukaachen.de A systematic review and meta- analysis of removable and fixed implantsupported prostheses in edentulous jaws: post-loading implant loss Key words: edentulous mandible, edentulous maxilla, ... implants and a fixed restoration in the mandible resulted in significantly higher implant loss rates compared to five or more implants with a fixed restoration The analysis of one implant and a mandibular ... jaws, regarding a potential impact of implant location (maxilla vs mandible), implant number per patient, type of prosthesis (removable vs fixed), and type of attachment system (screw-retained,

Ngày tải lên: 01/11/2022, 08:49

... acquisition of data, analysis and interpretation of data, drafting the initial manuscript and revising it critically for important intellectual content PKB wrote this manuscript All authors read and ... number of patients, the result of this analysis might be affected Moreover, this analysis involved mainly data obtained from observational studies which might be another limitation, and because of ... this analysis has compared the long term and short term adverse clinical outcomes in patients with and without the concomitant use of clopidogrel and PPIs In addition, this analysis included data

Ngày tải lên: 04/12/2022, 15:55

... tuberculosis skin testing and LTBI treatment, the prevalence and outcome of MTB infections, and the effects of patient factors and treatment on mortality from MTB infection PATIENTS AND METHODS plant ... 886 titles of potentially relevant articles from our search of computerized databases and 58 additional references from our manual search of the bibliographies of retrieved articles Of the 944 ... (1/1945 to 12/ 2006), BIOSIS (1/1969 to 12/2006), and the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews and Central Register of Controlled Trials and manually searched retrieved bibliographies to identify...

Ngày tải lên: 29/03/2014, 03:20

... USA) using the user-contributed commands for meta- analyses: ‘metan’ [19], ‘metainf’ [20], ‘metabias’ [21] and ‘metatrim’ [22] In order to estimate whether the IQ of those suffering from AN differs ... results of the various studies and an estimate of the overall effect size of all the studies together considering the data available for each study included in the meta- analysis [25] Each line of ... meta- analysis for estimated IQ data in AN compared with the average IQ obtained from normative data Studies included in this review were selected on the basis of quality of the data and validity of...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 01:21

... MMF in lupus nephritis from randomised trials and observational studies Materials and methods QUOROM (quality of reporting of meta- analyses) and MOOSE (meta- analysis of observational studies in ... numbers of patients and events increase the risk of chance findings [64] The ideal is meta- analysis of high-quality, large, randomised trials [63], but without them we have to make the best of the ... Rennie D, Stroup DF: Improving the quality of reports of meta- analyses of randomised controlled trials: the QUOROM statement Quality of Reporting of Meta- analyses Lancet 1999, 354:1896-1900 20...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 08:23