meta analysis in orthodontic literature

... to find any systematic review summarising research on intelligence in AN Therefore, the question about IQ in AN remains unanswered It is expected that examining the available literature in this ... overall meta- analysis summary The influence of individual studies on the estimated overall effect size (removing each study and recalculating overall effect) was minor Rerunning the meta- analysis ... Figure Results of an influence analysis in which the metaanalysis is re-estimated omitting each study in turn Rerunning the analysis without the study by Mathias and Kent [32] increased the standardised...

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... 1.81–4.51) in the first analysis and 1.48 (95% CI: 991–2.22) in the second Anthracyclines are always included in the treatment regimen for diffuse large cell lymphoma, but the role of anthracyclines in ... their limited sample sizes Competing interests QUOROM provides a system for rating studies to be included in meta- analyses of randomized clinical trials References In summary, we conclude that treatment ... incomplete data With this in mind, we conducted the current meta- analysis of all relevant literature comparing the two treatment options, the primary outcome measures being CR, PR, or CR+PR Our...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 22:20

... limitation of combining data from various sources as in a meta- analysis The idea of adjusting the results of meta- analyses for publication bias and imputing "fictional" studies into a meta- analysis is ... skin tumors at an extremely high frequency (1000 fold increased incidence as compared to normal individuals) because of their inability to repair UV-induced DNA lesions These clinical findings ... activated carcinogens can bind to DNA and form DNA adducts that are capable of inducing mutations and initiating carcinogenesis The capacity to repair DNA damage induced by activated carcinogens 61...

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... Weighting and Combining Using Meta- analysis 59 13 R, R2, Slope and Y-intercept Values Combined From Like Plant-Metal Groups and the Number of Studies in Each Group 14 Values Used in ... electroplating, smelting, and ore processing (ATSDR 1994) Mine tailings and drainage from mines can contain high concentrations of zinc (Cobb et al 2000) The fate and transport of zinc (Zn+2) in the ... 42 Meta- Analysis The effect combined in the meta- analysis of results from these studies was the relationship between the metal concentrations in the soil to the metal concentrations found in...

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... systemic review and meta- analysis to determine IGRA test performance in persons with suspected or confirmed active pulmonary tuberculosis living in low- and middle-income settings modeling, which provides ... middle-income countries IGRA specificity in diagnosing LTBI, estimated among individuals at low risk for tuberculosis exposure in settings with low tuberculosis incidence (high-income settings), ... tuberculosis (we included indeterminate IGRA results in the denominator if they occurred in individuals with culture-positive tuberculosis), and (2) specificity was defined as the proportion of individuals...

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... regimens including pyrazinamide, 31% received drug regimens including a fluoroquinolone, and 17% received drug regimens including streptomycin Induction drug regimens consisted of drugs in 5% of ... pulmonary MTB infection was defined as including lung or mediastinal lymph node involvement We defined multiorgan (ie, miliary) MTB infection as involvement of or more organs (lymph nodes draining infected ... fluoroquinolone in 52%, pyrazinamide in 18%, and streptomycin in 14% Most maintenance regimens consisted of 2-drug (46%) or 3-drug (29%) regimens No patients received single-drug MTB therapy during induction...

Ngày tải lên: 29/03/2014, 03:20

... Assessing the quality of reports of randomized clinical t rials: Is blinding necessary ? Control Clinic Trials 1996, 17:1-12 15 Higgins JP, Thompson SG: Quantifying heterogeneity in a meta- analysis ... Phase I trial of a recombinant vaccinia virus encoding carcinoembryonic antigen in metastatic adenocarcinoma: comparison of intradermal versus subcutaneous administration Clin Cancer Res 1999, 5:2330-2337 ... cancer patients Many clinical trials have been conducted using active specific immunotherapy (ASI) in CRC, including autologous tumor cell vaccines, define-tumor protein vaccines, monoclonal antibodies...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 19:20

... different radiological findings Regression models reported in some of the included studies indicate that the radiological findings can only explain a small part of the variability in these parameters ... Huedo-Medina TB, Sanchez-Meca J, Marin-Martinez F, Botella J: Assessing heterogeneity in meta- analysis: Q statistic or I2 index? Psychol Methods 2006, 11:193-206 Wallace BC, Schmid CH, Lau J, Trikalinos ... the authors in order to collect the missing data Only three authors sent additional information that enabled us to include their publication in the meta- analysis Search strategy MEDLINE was searched...

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... strength since this is considered the most reliable and definitive indicator of bone healing in animal studies [25,26] Methods A systematic search of five electronic databases including MEDLINE from ... (J/cm2) Co2: 3150 (J/cm2) ** Including 10 minutes on fracture area, 10 minutes on the area above the point of fracture, and 10 minutes on the area below the fracture *** Meta analysis authors calculated ... data in a meta analysis However, we assessed the quality of Teng article base on the QATRS and common quality measurements methods Three articles [25,26,29] were entered into meta analysis, since...

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... paper or the clinical study report synopsis In some cases some of the data were extracted or calculated from published meta- analysis or reviews Meta- analysis method The following indices were calculated ... second step included search of the BMS site http:// www.bms.com/clinical_trials/ as well as several relevant online repositories including http://clinicaltrials.gov, http://www.clinicalstudyresults.org ... mania, quetiapine and the olanzapine-fluoxetine combination are approved for the treatment of acute bipolar depression, and olanzapine, quetiapine and aripiprazole are approved for maintenance phase...

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 23:21

... biases, including recall and selection [51] In addition, since HCC is found commonly in China and other parts of South East Asia, most studies included in current meta- analysis were performed in Asian ... hepatocellular carcinoma; AFP = alpha fetoprotein; ALT = alanine aminotransferase; AST = aspartate aminotransferase; T-Bil = total bilirubin; ICG R15 = indocyanine green retention rate at 15 minutes Zhou ... Criteria for Inclusion and Exclusion For inclusion in the meta- analysis, a study had to fulfill the following criteria: 1) evaluate the influence of viral hepatitis status on prognosis in HCC patients...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 02:21

... ordinal and interval scales is inadequate in relation to meta- analysis Ann Rheum Dis 2001, 60:349-352 Barden J: Meta- analysis to investigate methodological issues in clinical trials using pain ... gastrointestinal adverse events, we included an overall measure of gastrointestinal tolerability as well as individual gastrointestinal adverse events of nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, dyspepsia, ... Liu JLY: Misleading funnel plot for detection of bias in meta- analysis J Clin Epidemiol 2000, 53:477-484 L'Abbe KA, Detsky AS, O'Rourke K: Meta- analysis in clinical research Ann Intern Med 1987,...

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... homogeneity tests in meta- analyses in pain using simulations of individual patient data Pain 2000, 85:415-424 33 L'Abbe KA, Detsky AS, O'Rourke K: Meta- analysis in clinical research Ann Intern Med 1987, ... treatment as defined by the original authors (mainly urine protein excretion, serum creatinine or creatinine clearance, or a combination of these) and subsequent relapse Adverse events sought included ... noncompetitively inhibits inosine monophosphate dehydrogenase in the de novo purine synthesis pathway This enzyme facilitates the conversion of inosine monophosphate to xanthine monophosphate, an intermediate...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 08:23

... Figure rence Meta- analysis examining adjuvant radiotherapy in DCIS for patients with breast cancer: ipsilateral invasive breast cancer recurMeta -analysis examining adjuvant radiotherapy in DCIS for ... Figure rence Meta- analysis examining adjuvant radiotherapy in DCIS for patients with breast cancer: ipsilateral DCIS breast cancer recurMeta -analysis examining adjuvant radiotherapy in DCIS for ... http://www.ro-journal.com/content/2/1/28 Figure Meta- analysis examining adjuvant radiotherapy in DCIS for patients with breast cancer: contralateral breast cancer recurrence Meta- analysis examining adjuvant radiotherapy in DCIS for...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 10:21

... consistent findings among the studies included in this metaanalysis where patients were taking diverse medications are consistent with the recent suggestion that it is the underlying inflammation ... trends reported in the individual studies This pattern included a clear increase in risks of lung cancer and lymphoma, both Hodgkin and non-Hodgkin, and a potential decrease in risks of colorectal ... and breast cancer) in patients with RA in the recent published literature In particular, this review focused on observational studies comparing the incidence of malignancy in patients with RA...

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... McDonald G, Dinan T, Lader M, Hindmarch I, Clare A, Nutt D: Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors: meta- analysis of discontinuation rates Int Clin Psychopharmacol 1994, 9:47-53 Available online http://arthritis-research.com/content/10/3/R53 ... in meta- analyses in pain using simulations of individual patient data Pain 2000, 85:415-424 27 Higgins J, Thompson S, Deeks J, Altman D: Statistical heterogeneity in systematic reviews of clinical ... in clinical trials in rheumatology, as with meloxicam in ankylosing spondylitis [37] In clinical practice, discontinuation rates for adverse events and lack of efficacy has been used to distinguish...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 10:23

... Examination All individuals included in the study were Han Chinese living in and around Nanjing None dropped out during the study In addition, a population of 750 Japanese individuals were included; ... P, Niu J, Felson DT: Lower prevalence of chondrocalcinosis in Chinese subjects in Beijing than in white subjects in the United States: the Beijing Osteoarthritis Study Arthritis Rheum 2006, 54:3508-3512 ... confirmation in further replication studies The minor allele frequencies of TXNDC3 in East Asian individuals were significantly different from those in UK control individuals The corresponding German...

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... a subgroup analysis of the change in FVC and DLCO values from baseline to 12 months in studies using oral administration of CYC versus those studies with intravenous administration Analysis was ... evaluated in the studies reviewed in the present metaanalysis (or more) would have been considered clinically meaningful for the purposes of this study Since this may or may not translate to clinically ... meta- analysis results in the randomized clinical trials Comparison of (a) the forced vital capacity (FVC) and (b) the diffusing overall meta- analysis results in the randomized clinical trials capacity...

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