In meta-analyses of proportion studies, funnel plots were found to be an inaccurate method of assessing publication bias

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 67, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 897-903

  Hunter, James P ^a   Saratzis, Athanasios ^b   Sutton, Alex J ^c   Boucher, Rebecca H ^c   Sayers, Robert D ^c   Bown, Matthew J ^c  

^a LEICESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS COVENTRY AND WARWICKSHIRE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abdominal aortic aneurysm; Funnel plot; Meta analysis; Peri operative mortality; Proportional outcomes; Publication bias

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; HUMAN; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLISHING; SIMULATION; SURGICAL MORTALITY;

ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSM; FUNNEL PLOT; META-ANALYSIS; PERI-OPERATIVE MORTALITY; PROPORTIONAL OUTCOMES; PUBLICATION BIAS;

AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; CARDIOVASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PUBLICATION BIAS; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES;

EID: 84902851791     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: 18785921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2014.03.003     Document Type: Article

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