Multivariate meta-analysis using individual participant data

Research Synthesis Methods

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 157-174

  Riley, R D ^a   Price, M J ^b   Jackson, D ^c   Wardle, M ^b   Gueyffier, F ^d   Wang, J ^e   Staesseng, J A ^f,g   White, I R ^c  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c MRC BIOSTATISTICS UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^e SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^g MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bivariate meta analysis; Correlation; Individual participant data (IPD); Individual patient data; Multiple outcomes; Multivariate meta analysis

Indexed keywords

BAYES THEOREM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); METHODOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROCEDURES; SOFTWARE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

BAYES THEOREM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RESEARCH DESIGN; SOFTWARE;

EID: 84938684946     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17592887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jrsm.1129     Document Type: Article

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