A sensitivity analysis framework for the treatment effect measure used in the meta-analysis of comparative binary data from randomised controlled trials

Statistics in Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 931-940

  Jackson, Dan ^a   Baker, Rose ^b   Bowden, Jack ^a  

^a MRC BIOSTATISTICS UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Binary data; Meta analysis; Sensitivity analysis

Indexed keywords

DIURETIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DATA ANALYSIS; DRUG EFFICACY; HAZARD RATIO; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MATHEMATICAL PARAMETERS; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); OFF PUMP CORONARY SURGERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREECLAMPSIA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STANDARD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DIURETICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; ODDS RATIO; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RISK; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84873995630     PISSN: 02776715     EISSN: 10970258     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sim.5591     Document Type: Article

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