High statistical heterogeneity is more frequent in meta-analysis of continuous than binary outcomes

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 70, Issue , 2016, Pages 129-135

  Alba, Ana C ^a   Alexander, Paul E ^b   Chang, Joanne ^a   Macisaac, John ^a   Defry, Samantha ^a   Guyatt, Gordon H ^b  

^a TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Binary outcomes; Continuous outcomes; Heterogeneity; I2; Meta analysis; Number of studies

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SAMPLE SIZE; SCREENING; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HUMANS; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84957438875     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: 18785921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2015.09.005     Document Type: Article

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