Meta-analysis of skewed data: Combining results reported on log-transformed or raw scales

Statistics in Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 29, 2008, Pages 6072-6092

  Higgins, Julian ^a   White, Ian ^a   Anzures Cabrera, Judith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Logarithm; Meta analysis; Transformations

Indexed keywords

LIPOPROTEIN LIPASE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EVALUATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

BIOMETRY; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LIPOPROTEIN LIPASE; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; MODELS, STATISTICAL; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 67650360824     PISSN: 02776715     EISSN: 10970258     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sim.3427     Document Type: Article

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