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Evolution of Heterogeneity (I(2)) Estimates and Their 95% Confidence Intervals in Large Meta-Analyses

BACKGROUND: Assessment of heterogeneity is essential in systematic reviews and meta-analyses of clinical trials. The most commonly used heterogeneity measure, I(2), provides an estimate of the proportion of variability in a meta-analysis that is explained by differences between the included trials r...

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Autores principales: Thorlund, Kristian, Imberger, Georgina, Johnston, Bradley C., Walsh, Michael, Awad, Tahany, Thabane, Lehana, Gluud, Christian, Devereaux, P. J., Wetterslev, Jørn
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3405079/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22848355
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0039471