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Plea for routinely presenting prediction intervals in meta-analysis
BMJ Open · 2016 · Vol. 6(7) · pp. e010247–e010247
Joanna IntHout✉(Radboud University Nijmegen)John P. A. Ioannidis(Stanford University)Maroeska M. Rovers(Radboud University Nijmegen)Jelle J. Goeman(Radboud University Nijmegen)
Abstract
The prediction interval reflects the variation in treatment effects over different settings, including what effect is to be expected in future patients, such as the patients that a clinician is interested to treat. Prediction intervals should be routinely reported to allow more informative inferences in meta-analyses.
Meta-analysis and systematic reviewsPhysical Activity and HealthCardiovascular and exercise physiologyMedicinePleaMeta-analysisInternal medicine
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HumansProbabilityPublishingMeta-Analysis as TopicResearch Report
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