Getting carried away: A note showing baseline observation carried forward (BOCF) results can be calculated from published complete-cases results

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 886-889

  Kaiser, K A ^a   Affuso, O ^a   Beasley, T M ^a   Allison, D B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

baseline observation carried forward; complete cases; intention to treat; obesity interventions; randomized controlled trials; treatment effects

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); STATISTICS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ALGORITHMS; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; OBESITY; PATIENT DROPOUTS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 84862219042     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: 14765497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ijo.2011.25     Document Type: Article

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