Multiple imputation for IPD meta-analysis: allowing for heterogeneity and studies with missing covariates

Statistics in Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 17, 2016, Pages 2938-2954

  Quartagno, M ^a   Carpenter, J R ^a,b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b MRC CLINICAL TRIALS UNIT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

heterogeneity; IPD meta analysis; missing data

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COVARIANCE; HYPERTENSION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MODEL; MULTIPLE IMPUTATION; PATIENT CODING; PROBABILITY; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84977572868     PISSN: 02776715     EISSN: 10970258     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sim.6837     Document Type: Article

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