Adjustment for baseline measurement error in randomized controlled trials induces bias

Controlled Clinical Trials

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 408-416

  Chan, Siew F ^a   Macaskill, Petra ^a   Irwig, Les ^a   Walter, Stephen D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Analysis of covariance; Bias; Diagnostic errors; Errors in variables; Linear models; Measurement error; Randomized controlled trials; Regression analysis; Within patient variability

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; ERROR; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS;

EID: 3543015574     PISSN: 01972456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cct.2004.06.001     Document Type: Article

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