COSMOS-E: Guidance on conducting systematic reviews and meta-analyses of observational studies of etiology
PLoS MedicinePublished 21 February 2019Open access
Olaf M. Dekkers, Jan P. Vandenbroucke, Myriam Cevallos, Andrew G. Renehan, Douglas G. Altman, Matthias Egger
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As many reviews of observational studies on etiology are being performed, this document may provide researchers with guidance on how to conduct and analyse such reviews.
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As many reviews of observational studies on etiology are being performed, this document may provide researchers with guidance on how to conduct and analyse such reviews.
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32 Citations2009David A. Grimes
Retrospective cohort studies are often mislabeled as “case-control” studies, and the frequency of this mislabeling appears to have increased over time.
Environment InternationalStudy sensitivity: Evaluating the ability to detect effects in systematic reviews of chemical exposures
28 Citations2016Glinda S. Cooper, Ruth M. Lunn +5 more
The combined evaluation of risk of bias and sensitivity can be used to identify the most informative studies, to evaluate the confidence of the findings from individual studies and to identify those study elements that may help to explain heterogeneity across the body of literature.
Systematic ReviewsEvidence-based mapping of design heterogeneity prior to meta-analysis: a systematic review and evidence synthesis
28 Citations2014Michelle D. Althuis, Douglas L. Weed +1 more
An assessment of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSB) and type 2 diabetes (T2D) is used as an example to show how a technique called ‘evidence mapping’ can be used to organize studies and evaluate design heterogeneity prior to meta-analysis to improve the assessment and reporting of design heterogeneity.
Clinical Infectious Diseases<i>Editorial Commentary</i>: Immunodeficiency at Start of Antiretroviral Therapy: The Persistent Problem of Late Presentation to Care
28 Citations2014Nathan Ford, Edward J. Mills +1 more
A systematic review and meta-analysis of trends in CD4 at presentation and ART initiation in sub-Saharan Africa found no evidence of change between 2002 and 2013, and it would be wrong to take the findings as meaning that no progress has been made.
Journal of neurosurgeryCase-control studies in neurosurgery
23 Citations2014Cody L. Nesvick, Clinton J. Thompson +2 more
The results of this analysis show that the majority of studies in the neurosurgical literature that identify themselves as "case-control" studies are, in fact, labeled incorrectly and several recommendations are provided to reverse the incorrect and inappropriate use of the term " case-control".
Obstetrical & Gynecological SurveyFocus on Primary Care
18 Citations1998Lynne L. Bartholomew, David A. Grimes
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