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Dealing with missing standard deviation and mean values in meta-analysis of continuous outcomes: a systematic review

BACKGROUND: Rigorous, informative meta-analyses rely on availability of appropriate summary statistics or individual participant data. For continuous outcomes, especially those with naturally skewed distributions, summary information on the mean or variability often goes unreported. While full repor...

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Autores principales: Weir, Christopher J., Butcher, Isabella, Assi, Valentina, Lewis, Stephanie C., Murray, Gordon D., Langhorne, Peter, Brady, Marian C.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5842611/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29514597
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12874-018-0483-0