Unbalanced Baseline in School-Based Interventions to Prevent Obesity: Adjustment Can Lead to Bias - a Systematic Review

Background/Aims: Cluster designs favor unbalanced baseline measures. The aim of the present study was to determine the frequency of unbalanced baseline BMI on school-based randomized controlled trials (RCT) aimed at obesity reduction and to evaluate the analysis strategies. We hypothesized that the...

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Main Authors: Rosely Sichieri, Diana Barbosa Cunha
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Karger Publishers 2014-06-01
Series:Obesity Facts
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Online Access:http://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/363438