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April 26, 2022 - Based
on new trial evidence,24 updated analyses of the evidence from pri-
mary 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 sys-
tematic evidence review, the
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February 25, 2020 - Meta-analyses were conducted on the most commonly
reported outcomes for each body of evidence. … As a result, pooled
analyses were conducted for FDA-approved medications on global
cognitive function … For consistency across the body of evi-
dence, quantitative analyses focused on 6- to 12-month outcomes … Random-effects models using the DerSimonian and Laird
method were used.7 For analyses with fewer than … Meta-analyses Results: Summary Across All Intervention Types (KQ4 and KQ5)
Intervention Type Outcome
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February 25, 2020 - Meta-analyses were conducted on the most commonly reported outcomes for each body of evidence. … As a result, pooled analyses were conducted for FDA-approved medications on global cognitive function … For consistency across the body of evidence, quantitative analyses focused on 6- to 12-month outcomes … Random-effects models using the DerSimonian and Laird method were used. 7 For analyses with fewer than … There was no evidence in the meta-regression analyses that one type of intervention (psychoeducation
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March 01, 2011 - Data Synthesis
Meta-analyses were conducted to calculate pooled relative risks
(RRs) for smoking status … Meta-analyses were adjusted for cluster randomization using
the sample sizes, number of clusters, and … Analyses were based on data at or closest to 12 months after base-
line. … To evaluate the effects of trial-level characteristics on tobacco
use, analyses were stratified by location … Results were similar
with stratified analyses.
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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 … continued to meet the study selection
criteria for this update.16 Qualitative and quantitative sensitivity
analyses … Statistical heterogeneity was assessed
using the I2 statistic.15 All quantitative analyses were conducted … Sensitivity analyses that included poor-quality studies did
not change the results (eResults 1, eFigure
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November 01, 2021 - Random-effects
meta-analyses were conducted. … The analyses
for test performance focused primarily on per-person (ie, by indi-
vidual patient rather … Because of the limited number of studies and the clinical hetero-
geneity of studies, the analyses were … Meta-analyses were performed using R version 3.0.2
(R Project for Statistical Computing).23,24
Results … Based on intention-to-treat analyses, com-
pared with no screening, biennial screening with Hemoccult
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February 11, 2025 - full-text articles,
study quality, and extracted data; when at least 2 similar studies were available,
meta-analyses … Sensitivity analyses were conducted for alternative types
of vertebral fracture (clinical vs radiographic … Findings from sensitivity analyses were consistent
for each outcome when alternative pooling methods … Measuring inconsistency in meta-analyses. … Chapter 10: analysing
data and undertaking meta-analyses.
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July 18, 2023 - Additional methodological
details, analyses, results for other lipid outcomes in treatment trials
other … random-effects restricted maximum likelihood method with
the Knapp-Hartung correction was applied in meta-analyses … Due to the limited number of
trials (<10) for pooled analyses of statins, assessment of small-
study … effects and publication bias were not performed.15,16
All quantitative analyses were performed using … Recommendations for examining and interpreting
funnel plot asymmetry in meta-analyses of
randomised controlled
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September 06, 2016 - Based on pooled analyses of studies reviewed by the USPSTF, when using a positive threshold of 10 mm, … TST has sensitivity of 79% (11 studies; n=988) and specificity of 97% (9 studies; n=9651). 2
Pooled analyses … Pooled analyses of the QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-Tube test (another type of IGRA) indicate sensitivity of
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April 01, 2016 - Since earlier analyses (1), the models have under-
gone substantial revision to reflect advances in breast … In other analyses, 2 models (model E and GE) ex-
amined the effect of comorbidity on screening cessa- … 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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October 01, 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, 46, 47, 49 … Trials in-
cluded 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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November 13, 2018 - Counseling trials were pooled using random-effects meta-analyses. … To determine whether meta-analyses were appropriate, clinical and methodological heterogeneity were assessed … Stata version 13.1 (StataCorp) was used for all analyses. … One study in a general adult population provided subgroup analyses of pregnant women and older adults … , 26 , 59 and 1 study of participants aged 12 to 20 years provided subgroup analyses of young adults
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June 15, 2016 - Random-effects meta-analyses were conducted. … The analyses for test performance focused primarily on per-person (ie, by individual patient rather than … Because of the limited number of studies and the clinical heterogeneity of studies, the analyses were … Meta-analyses were performed using R version 3.0.2 (R Project for Statistical Computing). 23 , 24 … Based on intention-to-treat analyses, compared with no screening, biennial screening with Hemoccult II
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June 11, 2019 - Collaboration were
included in the prior USPSTF report44; new articles report 7-year
outcomes19 and subgroup analyses … evaluated cohorts from Canada (n = 4120)20 and
the United States (n = 3532).21 All studies reported analyses … there were only 5 cases of AIDS-related mortality.13
Results for the primary outcome were similar when analyses … difficult to account for
potential interactions between
ART drugs and patients switching
ART regimens in analyses … whole,
some evidence on long-term harms of ART apply to drugs not con-
sidered first-line options, and analyses
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July 01, 2013 - We performed meta-analyses when studies
were sufficiently similar in terms of statistical homogeneity … used Review Manager, Version 5.0 (The
Cochrane Collaboration, Copenhagen, Denmark), to per-
form meta-analyses … For example, analyses adjusting for
these variables show that glycemia accounted for only
1.7% of the … The
Newcastle-Ottawa Scale (NOS) for Assessing the Quality of Nonrandomized
Studies in Meta-analyses.
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January 01, 1996 - Recent decision analyses have combined current estimates of the benefits and harms to predict whether … Retrospective quality-of-life analyses have reported similar findings, noting that men who have undergone … controlling for the sexual and urinary dysfunction that is common in this age group. 93
Other decision analyses … Although older analyses suggested a modest benefit from screening, 94 , 95 more recent models have reached
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January 15, 2010 - As a sensitivity analysis, we also ran meta-analyses to examine only those that reported BMI change. … All meta-analyses were conducted by using RevMan 4.2 (Copenhagen: The Nordic Cochrane Center, The Cochrane … Parallel analyses on the subset of trials that reported BMI change, calculating weighted mean differences … Quantitative Synthesis
For the behavioral interventions, we conducted meta-analyses of short-term and … All meta-analyses were conducted by using RevMan 4.2.
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April 05, 2016 - Given the clinical heterogeneity of studies, meta-analyses were not conducted for any of the questions … tiotropium in patients naive to maintenance treatment with moderate COPD (n = 457) 55 and 4 subgroup analyses … Furthermore, there were a number of limitations in the included subgroup analyses for all classes of … medications, such as 1) the primary trials were powered for the entire population, not the subgroup; 2) analyses … However, the
treatment literature was largely limited to subgroup analyses, almost
exclusively
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October 01, 2015 - Based on
pooled analyses of 35 studies from a 2013 systematic
review that evaluated advice delivered … Based on pooled analyses of 32 studies from a 2014
review of print-based self-help materials (n = 40 … materials were compared with no self-help materials
(RR, 1.06 [CI, 0.98 to 1.16]), based on pooled analyses … Pooled analyses of 51 studies (n = 30 246) found
that recruiter-initiated telephone counseling that did … Pooled analyses found that NRT plus bupropion SR
was more effective than bupropion SR alone (RR, 1.24
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May 23, 2019 - Further analyses, however, showed
that these benefits were out of proportion to the achieved
glycemic … Ten RCTs and three meta-analyses have compared
clinical outcomes among diabetic persons treated with … Second, the meta-analyses grouped
specific drugs within a class together. … Nonetheless, the meta-analyses compared
results across trials. … Meta-Analyses of Comparisons of Antihypertensive Drugs*
Study, Year
(Reference)
Quality Population