How to read a funnel plot in a meta-analysis

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 351, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Sedgwick, Philip ^a   Marston, Louise ^b  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FUNNEL PLOT; HOME MONITORING; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); METHODOLOGY; NOTE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PLOTS AND CURVES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REPORTING BIAS; SAMPLE SIZE; SELF MONITORING; SYSTEMATIC ERROR; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; THERAPY EFFECT; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC);

BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; HUMANS; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84945951888     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.h4718     Document Type: Note

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