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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/coronary-heart-disease-screening-using-non-traditional-risk-factors-2009
October 15, 2009 - C-Reactive Protein as a Risk Factor for Coronary Heart Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-analyses … hs-CRP Level
Ten good-quality studies, 13 fair-quality studies, and 2 meta-analyses provide fair-to-good … Buckley and colleagues include analyses in their review 28 that model the additive benefit of hs-CRP … C-reactive protein as a risk factor for coronary heart disease: a systematic review and meta-analyses
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/about-uspstf/methods-and-processes/current-processes-refining-evidence-based-recommendation-development
January 01, 2014 - For the literature search on benefits, the search is limited to meta-analyses, systematic reviews, and … RCTs; for harms, the search includes meta-analyses, systematic reviews, RCTs, cohort and case-control
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/Qpv8h6ZMbYLYzakVrNQoj2
October 11, 2022 - articles,
and study quality and extracted data; when at least 3 similar studies were available,
meta-analyses … Nine trials are new to this update.52-55,58,60,64-72 The
results in this publication focus on pooled analyses … included in pooled results are pro-
vided in eTables 29 and 30 in the Supplement, and results from meta-
analyses … a Results from pooled analyses unless otherwise specified.
b The results across groups for the study … Analysing data and
undertaking meta-analyses.
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary38/obesity-in-adults-screening-and-management-2012
October 15, 2011 - Data Synthesis and Analysis
We conducted separate random-effects meta-analyses to estimate the effect … All analyses were performed by using Stata 10.0 (Stata-Corp LP, College Station, Texas). … Just over one half of all trials limited analyses to completers 23 , 27–30 , 34 , 39 , 40 , 43 , … Trials included in meta-analyses were more likely to show effects than those not included. … Because of missing information, we could not include about one third of trials in meta-analyses.
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/4zmYnqJXLv8g4LzLrrDDrm
December 01, 2014 - Sen-
sitivity analyses using an alternate method for estimating
pooled random effects resulted in similar … However, the analyses were
confounded by unequal distribution of sample sizes in
different dosage categories … Pooled analyses showed no
statistically significant increase in abruption associated
with aspirin (RR … Pooled analyses (n � 22 848) on perinatal mortality (RR,
0.92 [CI, 0.76 to 1.11]; 14 studies; I2 � 0%
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/update-on-the-methods-of-the-us-preventive-services-task-force-estimating-certainty-and-magnitude-of-net-bene%EF%AC%81t/carotid-artery-stenosis-screening-december-2007
December 15, 2007 - Although formal decision analyses and cost-effectiveness analyses have been proposed as an objective … method to weigh benefits and harms, the Task Force recognizes that such analyses can be complex and opaque
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/aspirin-to-prevent-cardiovascular-disease-preventive-medication
April 26, 2022 - Based on new trial evidence, 24 updated analyses of the evidence from primary CVD prevention populations … studies using low-dose aspirin. 14 Since low-dose aspirin is most relevant to current practice, the analyses … Fatal cardiovascular events were less common, so pooled analyses showed that low-dose aspirin use was … When combined with primary trial data and pooled analyses from the systematic evidence review, the model
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/-KMSTWRT9xbm7spaqDq_GE
February 12, 2019 - effects, which can be related to publication bias.15 Additionally,
meta-regression and sensitivity analyses … Stata version 15.1 (StataCorp LP) was used for all analyses. … Summary of Pooled Effects of Subgroup Analyses for Counseling Interventions,
Organized by Counseling … analyses exploring effect sizes by study and intervention character-
istics are available in the full … b Study-reported adjusted analyses were statistically significant, although
effect size shown in the
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary-collaborative-modeling-of-us-breast-cancer-/breast-cancer-screening-january-2016
January 11, 2016 - Since earlier analyses, 1 the models have undergone substantial revision to reflect advances in breast … In other analyses, 2 models (model E and GE) examined the effect of comorbidity on screening cessation … Sensitivity Analyses for Average-Risk Populations
Varying the disutilities for usual health, screening … Consistent with other analyses of upper age limits for screening 20 , 48–50 and other recommendations … Cost-effectiveness and harm-benefit analyses of risk-based screening strategies for breast cancer.
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/ZcuLSXJZXLz9Y2LECTWqVJ
November 01, 2009 - We also reviewed meta-analyses that included studies with
mortality data. … For mammog-
raphy, we focused our searches on recently published sys-
tematic reviews and meta-analyses … searches for primary
studies published more recently than the included system-
atic reviews and meta-analyses … Meta-analyses of trials for women aged 50 to 59 years
and 60 to 69 years were done to compare with results … Numbers needed to treat derived from
meta-analyses—sometimes informative, usually misleading.
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary25/screening-for-abnormal-blood-glucose-and-type-2-diabetes-october-2015
April 13, 2015 - Data Synthesis and Analysis
We conducted meta-analyses to calculate risk ratios (RRs) on effects of … We included all studies in meta-analyses, regardless of event rates. … Measuring inconsistency in meta-analyses. BMJ . 2003;327:557-60. [PMID: 12958120]
27. … Blood pressure and glucose control in subjects with diabetes: new analyses from ADVANCE. … The effect of English-language restriction on systematic review-based meta-analyses: a systematic review
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/breast-cancer-medications-for-risk-reduction
July 20, 2017 - efficacy (KQ 2)
Other study designs
Study Quality
Good- and fair-quality studies for meta-analyses
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/Z6Rfj-qwfoMbuLp-hBmhzS
May 01, 2021 - To determine whether meta-analyses were appropri-
ate, the clinical and methodological heterogeneity … The meta command in
Stata version 16 was used to conduct all quantitative analyses.18 The
I2 statistic … ESS Score | Forty-seven trials reported sufficient ESS data to include
in meta-analyses. … However, the meta-analyses by OSA severity
subgroup (4 categories: mild to severe, mild only and mild … Measuring inconsistency in
meta-analyses.
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/falls-prevention-community-dwelling-older-adults-interventions
June 04, 2024 - Pooled analyses also showed that exercise interventions reduced the number of persons experiencing 1 … Pooled analyses found no significant reductions in fall-related fractures or all-cause mortality. 4 , … However, pooled analyses found no significant reductions in the number of persons experiencing a fall
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-update-2004/oral-cancer-screening-2004
February 04, 2004 - mortality rates were similar in the screened and unscreened study groups. 11 No other RCT's, meta-analyses
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan11/brca-related-cancer-risk-assessment-genetic-counseling-and-genetic-testing-2013
December 15, 2012 - studies, case-control studies, cross-sectional studies (for KQs 3 and 5), systematic reviews, and meta-analyses
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/bNvmg937mA6ks3n448uEUD
November 01, 2004 - cancer mortality rates were similar in the
screened and unscreened study groups.12 No other
RCTs, meta-analyses
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/perinatal-depression-preventive-interventions
August 11, 2016 - KQ 1: Randomized, controlled trials; controlled clinical trials
KQ 2: Systematic reviews; meta-analyses
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/child-maltreatment-primary-care-interventions-november-2018
November 27, 2018 - When at least 3 similar trials were available, random-effects meta-analyses were conducted. … Detailed methods, evidence tables, sensitivity analyses, and contextual information are available in … to meet the study selection criteria for this update. 16 Qualitative and quantitative sensitivity analyses … Statistical heterogeneity was assessed using the I 2 statistic. 15 All quantitative analyses were … Sensitivity analyses that included poor-quality studies did not change the results.
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/teeHcmNgvNBSj4-E9SN5QK
February 01, 2005 - We performed meta-analyses to calculate
summary estimates for AAA-related mortality
and all-cause mortality … Version 4.2.2,
2003, The Cochrane Collaboration, Oxford, United
Kingdom) to perform all statistical analyses … Agency staff and Task Force members participated
in the initial design of the study and reviewed
interim analyses … In sensitivity analyses, removing
any of the other 3 studies, separately or in
combination, had very … Canadian and U.S. hospital
databases.46,47
Discussion
On the basis of our systematic review and meta-
analyses