Contour plot assessment of existing meta-analyses confirms robust association of statin use and acute kidney injury risk

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 68, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 1138-1143

  Chevance, Aurélie ^a   Schuster, Tibor ^a   Steele, Russell ^b,c   Ternès, Nils ^d,e   Platt, Robert W ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d INSTITUT GUSTAVE ROUSSY   (France)

^e CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN EPIDEMIOLOGY AND POPULATION HEALTH   (France)

Author keywords

Contour plot; Evidence based medicine; Funnel plot; Kidney injury; Meta analysis; Sensitivity analysis; Statins

Indexed keywords

HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ARTICLE; DRUG USE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERFEROMETRY; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; METHODOLOGY; PROPENSITY SCORE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PROPENSITY SCORE; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84941896934     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: 18785921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2015.05.030     Document Type: Article

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