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Dichotomisation of a continuous outcome and effect on meta-analyses: illustration of the distributional approach using the outcome birthweight

BACKGROUND: Power and precision are greater in meta-analyses than individual study analyses. However, dichotomisation of continuous outcomes in certain studies poses a problem as estimates from primary studies can only be pooled if they have a common outcome. Meta-analyses may include pooled summari...

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Auteurs principaux: Ofuya, Mercy, Sauzet, Odile, Peacock, Janet L
Format: Artigo
Langue:Inglês
Publié: BioMed Central 2014
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Accès en ligne:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4063432/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24920271
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/2046-4053-3-63
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