Accounting for center in the Early External Cephalic Version trials: An empirical comparison of statistical methods to adjust for center in a multicenter trial with binary outcomes

Trials

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Reitsma, Angela ^a   Chu, Rong ^b   Thorpe, Julia ^a   McDonald, Sarah ^c   Thabane, Lehana ^d   Hutton, Eileen ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Agensys Inc   (United States)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Center effect; Generalized estimating equations; Generalized linear mixed model; Mixed effects; Multicenter trials; Random effect; Randomized controlled trials; Trial analysis; Trial design

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREECH PRESENTATION; CESAREAN SECTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY EXTERNAL CEPHALIC VERSION; EMPIRICISM; FEMALE; FISHER EXACT TEST; FIXED CENTER EFFECT; FIXED TREATMENT BY CENTER INTERACTION; FIXED TREATMENT EFFECT; GENERALIZED ESTIMATING EQUATION; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MANTEL HAENSZEL TEST; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); OBSTETRIC PROCEDURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PILOT STUDY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE LABOR; RANDOM CENTER EFFECT; RANDOM TREATMENT BY CENTER INTERACTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SECONDARY ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TIME TO TREATMENT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CANADA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DELIVERY; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BREECH PRESENTATION; CANADA; CESAREAN SECTION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; PILOT PROJECTS; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERSION, FETAL;

EID: 84908086334     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17456215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1745-6215-15-377     Document Type: Article

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