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Bacterial Signatures of Paediatric Respiratory Disease: An Individual Participant Data Meta-Analysis [PDF]
Introduction: The airway microbiota has been linked to specific paediatric respiratory diseases, but studies are often small. It remains unclear whether particular bacteria are associated with a given disease, or if a more general, non-specific ...
David T. J. Broderick +49 more
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Quantifying heterogeneity in individual participant data meta-analysis with binary outcomes [PDF]
Background In meta-analyses (MA), effect estimates that are pooled together will often be heterogeneous. Determining how substantial heterogeneity is is an important aspect of MA.
Bo Chen, Andrea Benedetti
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Post-traumatic stress disorder, trauma and parenting stress: an individual participant data meta-analysis [PDF]
Background: Parental post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms are associated with heightened parenting stress, but it is unknown whether this relation depends on the timing (childhood or adulthood) and type of trauma (interpersonal or non ...
Laurien Meijer +20 more
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Objectives People released from incarceration are at increased risk of death from diverse causes. We aimed to calculate the incidence of all-cause and cause-specific death after release from incarceration and identify individual-level risk factors for ...
Rohan Borschmann +3 more
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Background Individual participant data meta-analyses (IPD-MAs), which involve harmonising and analysing participant-level data from related studies, provide several advantages over aggregate data meta-analyses, which pool study-level findings.
Lauren Maxwell +5 more
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Background Little is known about the effect of ethnicity on the response to antipsychotic medication in patients with schizophrenia. Aims To determine whether ethnicity moderates the response to antipsychotic medication in patients with schizophrenia ...
Bram W. C. Storosum +8 more
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BackgroundIn non-randomized studies (NRSs) where a continuous outcome variable (e.g., depressive symptoms) is assessed at baseline and follow-up, it is common to observe imbalance of the baseline values between the treatment/exposure group and control ...
Lamprini Syrogiannouli +36 more
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Summary: Background: The association between cannabis use and positive symptoms in schizophrenia spectrum disorders is well documented, especially via meta-analyses. Yet, findings are inconsistent regarding negative symptoms, while other dimensions such
Mathilde Argote +36 more
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Optimism in adults born preterm: Systematic review and individual-participant-data meta-analysis
Aim Preterm birth(
Rachel K. Robinson +11 more
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Introduction Ectopic pregnancy is an important health condition which affects up to 1 in 100 women. Women who present with mild symptoms and low serum human chorionic gonadotrophin (hCG) are often treated with methotrexate (MTX), but expectant management
Sarah Annie Solangon +5 more
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