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Title
Individual participant data meta-analyses should not ignore clustering.
Authors
Abo-Zaid, Ghada; Guo, Boliang; Deeks, Jonathan J; Debray, Thomas P A; Steyerberg, Ewout W; Moons, Karel G M; Riley, Richard David
Abstract
Individual participant data (IPD) meta-analyses often analyze their IPD as if coming from a single study. We compare this approach with analyses that rather account for clustering of patients within studies.
Publication
Journal of clinical epidemiology, 2013, Vol 66, Issue 8, p865