Individual participant data meta-analysis for a binary outcome: one-stage or two-stage?

A fundamental aspect of epidemiological studies concerns the estimation of factor-outcome associations to identify risk factors, prognostic factors and potential causal factors. Because reliable estimates for these associations are important, there is a growing interest in methods for combining the...

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Main Authors: Thomas P A Debray, Karel G M Moons, Ghada Mohammed Abdallah Abo-Zaid, Hendrik Koffijberg, Richard David Riley
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3621872?pdf=render