Patient-level compared with study-level meta-analyses demonstrate consistency of D-dimer as predictor of venous thromboembolic recurrences

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 415-425

  Marcucci, Maura ^a   Smith, Catrin Tudur ^b   Douketis, James D ^c   Tosetto, Alberto ^d   Baglin, Trevor ^e   Cushman, Mary ^f   Eichinger, Sabine ^g   Palareti, Gualtiero ^h   Poli, Daniela ⁱ   Tait, Robert Campbell ^j   Iorio, Alfonso ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d SAN BORTOLO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^e ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^h UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

ⁱ CAREGGI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^j GLASGOW ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

D dimer; Individual patient data; Meta analysis; Prognosis; Sources of heterogeneity; Time to event

Indexed keywords

D DIMER;

ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; HAZARD RATIO; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); PATIENT CODING; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RECURRENCE RISK; RECURRENT DISEASE; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

ANTICOAGULANTS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FIBRIN FIBRINOGEN DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; HUMANS; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 84875264421     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: 18785921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2012.08.007     Document Type: Article

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