Is statistical significance sufficient? Importance of interaction and confounding in hypospadias analysis

Journal of Urology

Volumn 184, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 2510-2515

  Braga, Luis H ^a   Lorenzo, Armando J ^a   Suoub, Mohamed ^a   Bägli, Darius J ^a  

^a MCMASTER CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Confounding factors (epidemiology); Hypospadias; Stents; Surgical flaps; Urinary fistula

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPOSPADIAS; HYPOTHESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STENT; URETHRA FISTULA; URETHROCUTANEOUS FISTULA;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CUTANEOUS FISTULA; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; HYPOSPADIAS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STENTS; SURGICAL FLAPS; URINARY FISTULA; UROLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MALE;

EID: 78349305452     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2010.08.035     Document Type: Article

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