Subgroup analysis in randomized controlled trials appeared to be dependent on whether relative or absolute effect measures were used

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 410-415

  Venekamp, Roderick P ^a   Rovers, Maroeska M ^a,b   Hoes, Arno W ^a   Knol, Mirjam J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Absolute risk reduction; Epidemiology; Randomized controlled trials; Relative risk reduction; Subgroup analysis; Treatment effects

Indexed keywords

ANNALS OF INTERNAL MEDICINE; ARTICLE; ATTRIBUTABLE RISK; BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL; HAZARD RATIO; HUMAN; JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RELATIVE; RELATIVE PROBABILITY; RISK FACTOR; STUDY DESIGN;

ABSOLUTE RISK REDUCTION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RELATIVE RISK REDUCTION; SUBGROUP ANALYSIS; TREATMENT EFFECTS;

DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84896722704     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: 18785921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2013.11.003     Document Type: Article

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