Consideration of confounding was suboptimal in the reporting of observational studies in psychiatry: a meta-epidemiological study

K Munkholm, M Faurholt-Jepsen, JPA Ioannidis… - … of Clinical Epidemiology, 2020 - Elsevier
… To that end, we conducted a meta-epidemiologic survey of … studies (14.2%) used some form
of imaging technique and … clear whether the models presented were selected a priori [41]. …

Confounding due to pre-existing diseases in epidemiologic studies on sedentary behavior and all-cause mortality: a meta-epidemiologic study

LFM Rezende, DH Lee, G Ferrari, E Giovannucci - Annals of Epidemiology, 2020 - Elsevier
selected prospective cohort studies included in published systematic reviews [1,12] and
meta-analysis [13]. We excluded studies … We also extracted data about research methods and …

Impact of blinding on estimated treatment effects in randomised clinical trials: meta-epidemiological study

H Moustgaard, GL Clayton, HE Jones, I Boutron… - bmj, 2020 - bmj.com
… For pragmatic reasons, we selected for further study a random … We did not include
combinations of the covariates. … in Cochrane reviews: the ROBES meta-epidemiologic study. Am J …

How does the risk of bias influence the effect sizes of exercise therapy in chronic low back pain randomised controlled trials? A protocol for a meta-epidemiological …

T Innocenti, JA Hayden, S Salvioli, S Giagio, L Piano… - medRxiv, 2022 - medrxiv.org
… Considering our objective, we need to control for a selection … in musculoskeletal rehabilitation
and research methods. We … interactions could exist between the covariates and the risk of …

Reporting and methodological quality of studies that use Mendelian randomisation in UK Biobank: a meta-epidemiological study

MJ Gibson, F Spiga, A Campbell, JN Khouja… - BMJ Evidence-Based …, 2023 - ebm.bmj.com
… at a broad spread of MR methodologies, it only assessed the … figure was not the best choice
for visualisation or was difficult … about the MR estimator and covariates and 21% did not …

Use of conditional estimates of effect in cancer epidemiology: An application to lung cancer treatment

J AbdulMajeed, M Khatib, M Dulli, S Sioufi… - … Epidemiology, 2024 - Elsevier
… We conclude that assessing selected covariate effects in randomized trials in oncology …
Planning a method for covariate adjustment in individually randomised trials: a practical …

Publication bias in pharmacogenetics of statin-associated muscle symptoms, an umbrella review with a meta-epidemiological study

A Gougeon, I Aribi, S Guernouche, JC Lega, JM Wright… - medRxiv, 2024 - medrxiv.org
… and adjustments for potential 183 covariates. When some data of … and correction 232 methods,
notably selection models that … To our knowledge, our meta-epidemiologic study is the first …

Covariates in studies examining longitudinal relationships between substance use and mental health problems among youth: A meta-epidemiologic review

… and/or analysis strategies that typically rely on knowledge of key covariates - ie, confounders…
and mental health problems. Reporting on the selection and impact of covariates remains …

Sex and gender in randomized controlled trials of adults receiving maintenance dialysis: A meta-epidemiologic study

D Collister, L Pyne, AA Bhasin, SB Ahmed… - American Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
practices in published journal articles as well as investigate the proportion of women and
female participants in these studiescovariates were included in the model without any selection

Are longitudinal randomised controlled oral health trials properly analysed? A meta-epidemiological study

S Mheissen, H Khan, J Seehra, N Pandis - Journal of dentistry, 2022 - Elsevier
… in oral health trials is lacking. The aim of this investigation was to highlight the methods used
for … A selection of dental speciality oral health journals with the highest impact factor (2020) …