Imputing variance estimates do not alter the conclusions of a meta-analysis with continuous outcomes: a case study of changes in renal function after living kidney donation

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 228-240

  Thiessen Philbrook, H ^a   Barrowman, N ^b   Garg, A X ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF EASTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Continuous outcome; Imputation methods; Living kidney donation; Meta analysis; Missing data; Variance estimation

Indexed keywords

CREATININE;

CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DATA ANALYSIS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HUMAN; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LIVING DONOR; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; ORGAN DONOR; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; META-ANALYSIS; MODELS, STATISTICAL;

EID: 33846813488     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2006.06.018     Document Type: Review

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