Measures of single arm outcome in meta-analyses of rare events in the presence of competing risks

Biometrical Journal

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 649-660

  Andreano, Anita ^a   Rebora, Paola ^a   Valsecchi, Maria Grazia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Arcsine transformation; Competing risks; Generalized linear mixed model; Meta analysis; Rare events; Survival

Indexed keywords

HOSPITAL DATA PROCESSING; INVERSE PROBLEMS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK PERCEPTION;

ARCSINE TRANSFORMATION; COMPETING RISKS; CONTINUITY CORRECTIONS; CUMULATIVE INCIDENCE; GENERALIZED LINEAR MIXED MODELS; INDIVIDUAL PATIENT DATA; META-ANALYSIS; RARE EVENT; SMALL POPULATION; SURVIVAL;

LINEAR TRANSFORMATIONS;

BIOMETRY; BONE MARROW NEOPLASMS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; CHILD; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); PRECURSOR CELL LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA-LYMPHOMA; PROCEDURES; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK; STATISTICAL MODEL;

BIOMETRY; BONE MARROW NEOPLASMS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; CHILD; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LINEAR MODELS; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; PRECURSOR CELL LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA-LYMPHOMA; RECURRENCE; RISK;

EID: 84933678992     PISSN: 03233847     EISSN: 15214036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bimj.201400119     Document Type: Article

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