Introduction to Meta Analysis Assessing

A previous meta-analysis assessing the impact of heart failure (HF) on cognition found the HF group performed more poorly than the healthy control (HC) on global cognition measures.

Methods: Systematic comparative meta-analysis assessing ICH rates across all completed statin and PCSK9i RCTs, following PRISMA guidelines.

We performed a meta-analysis assessing the risk of PCF occurrence in patients after SBT application compared to those without.

Objective To conduct a meta-analysis assessing the perioperative, functional and oncological outcomes of partial nephrectomy (PN) and radical nephrectomy (RN) for T1b tumours.

We aim to provide the first comprehensive systematic review and meta-analysis assessing levels and determinants of public support for novel smoke-free policies.

Highlight • It is the first systematic review with meta-analysis assessing circulating tumor DNA as a prognostic biomarker for melanoma.

Conclusions: The study indicated poor methodological and reporting quality of SRs/meta-analysis assessing trastuzumab-based therapy for breast cancer.

[1] for their meta-analysis assessing bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) lymphocytosis in the diagnosis of chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis.

The aim of this analysis was to perform a literature review and meta-analysis assessing the use of IVT-AFL and real-world outcomes in treatment-naïve patients with nAMD treated with IVT-AFL for 2 years, as per label.

We performed a systematic review and meta-analysis assessing the concordance between response evaluation using PSMA PET and serum prostate-specific antigen (PSA) level after systemic treatment and the association between PSMA PET and overall survival in metastatic CRPC patients.

In this special issue, we publish a large meta-analysis assessing this association (1), which is reviewed in more detail in a separate editorial.

RESULTS Thirty-seven RCTs met our inclusion criteria; thirteen placebo-controlled RCTs with 2175 participants had sufficient data to be included in the meta-analysis assessing anxiety symptoms.

This appears to be the first meta-analysis assessing the accuracy of rapid direct-to-PCR in the detection of SARS-CoV-2.

Setting Network meta-analysis assessing multicentre randomised controlled trials (RCTs) across several countries.

Results We identified 12 116 articles for screening, of which 12 were included in the systematic review (covering 13 interventions) and seven in the meta-analysis assessing impact on depressive symptoms specifically.

OBJECTIVE We aimed to conduct a systematic review and meta-analysis assessing the diagnostic estimates of FSA of the urethral and ureteral margins in patients treated with radical cystectomy (RC) for bladder cancer (BCa).

We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis assessing prevalence of PSC in IBD to investigate whether type of IBD, how presence of PSC was defined, sex, disease extent or location, time period, or geographical location influenced prevalence.

The study excluded from the meta-analysis assessing the bacteria counting deep in the dentin demonstrated further bacteria reduction upon the use of the XP-endo Finisher.

AIM To undertake a systematic review and meta-analysis assessing the diagnostic utility of CCM for sub-clinical DPN (DPN- ) and established DPN (DPN+ ).

We aimed to conduct a systematic review and meta-analysis assessing the incidence and risk factors of urethral recurrence (UR) as well as summarizing data on survival outcomes in patients with UR after radical cystectomy (RC) for bladder cancer.

It is the first meta-analysis assessing the predictive utility of the DECAF score for in-hospital mortality among patients with AECOPD.

We thank Chirico and colleagues for their letter and highlighting that Trial Sequential Analysis (TSA) was not performed in the meta-analysis assessing prehabilitation prior to major abdominal surgery [1].

A single-paper meta-analysis assessing these studies indicated all 3 appeals resulted in significantly greater registrations than the control (OR ranged from 1.

A recent meta-analysis assessing the benefits of DMTs for cognition in relapsing-remitting MS found a small improvement across 44 studies included.

Methods: We performed a systematic comparative meta-analysis assessing HS rates across all completed statin and PCSK9I randomized clinical trials with treatment >3 months, following PRISMA guidelines.

report results of a meta-analysis assessing the diagnostic accuracy of rapid nucleic acid tests (RNATs) for group A Streptococcus (GAS) pharyngitis.

We aimed to provide an updated meta-analysis assessing the anti-depressant efficacy of tDCS.

However, a comprehensive meta-analysis assessing the association between vitamin D level and acne is lacking.

CONCLUSION This is the first meta-analysis assessing the outcomes of robotic TME versus TaTME, and only lymph node yield was statistically higher in robotic TME group.

To test this hypothesis, we performed a meta-analysis assessing cytokines plasma levels before, during and after ECT in patients with major depressive disorders.

Methods: We performed an individual patient data meta-analysis assessing the efficacy of Molecular Adsorbent Recirculating System (MARS) in ACLF patients enrolled in prior randomized control trials (RCTs).

OBJECTIVES The aim of the study was to conduct a meta-analysis assessing the relationship between 2 common genetic variants in the TLR4 gene (rs4986790 and rs4986791) and susceptibility to CAD.

The aim of this review was to conduct a systematic review and meta-analysis assessing the prevalence of active TB infection in transplant recipients (TRs).

We conducted a meta-analysis assessing oncologic outcomes of radical nephrectomy with lymph node dissection (LND) and without lymph node dissection (non-LND) in non-metastatic renal cell carcinoma (NMRCC).

Purpose: To conduct a systematic review and meta-analysis assessing the prevalence of thyroid disorders in patients with vitiligo.

We used data from Barcelona local authorities and meta-analysis assessing physical activity and health outcomes to develop and apply the “Blue Active Tool”.

We conducted an electronic systematic review and a meta-analysis assessing the role of EMP and MS for the development and persistence of PS in the general population.

Objective To conduct a meta-analysis assessing the perioperative, functional and oncological outcomes of partial nephrectomy (PN) and radical nephrectomy (RN) for T1b tumours.

PURPOSE To perform a systematic review and meta-analysis assessing patency outcomes following drug-coated balloon angioplasty (DCBA) in hemodialysis circuits.

DiscussionTo our knowledge, this is the first systematic review and meta-analysis assessing the detection of MTB from all clinical sample types using real-time polymerase chain reaction assay in paediatric population.

We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis assessing the magnitude of improvement in progression-free survival (PFS) with B-cell receptor (BCR) (i.

A pooled meta-analysis assessing for general risk for SITBs indicated a lack of convergence on structural abnormalities.

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to perform a systematic review and meta-analysis assessing the incidence and predictors of AF progression.

RESULTS From 2070 publication were searched firstly, only 10 studies with 9 and 6 arms included for the meta-analysis assessing serum insulin level and HOMA-IR status in prostate cancer patients, respectively.

Of 2318 relevant articles identified at the first step of search, 19 trials with 31, 21, 29 and 22 effect sizes were used for the meta-analysis assessing the effects of selenium supplementation on blood levels of HDL-C, LDL-C, TC and TG, respectively.

We performed a meta-analysis assessing the effects of IA with a Doppler device vs.

A meta-analysis assessing highversus low-chloride infusion in 6253 perioperative and critically ill patients found a significant but weak association between high-chloride-containing fluids and a higher incidence of AKI.

Objectives: To conduct a systematic review and meta-analysis assessing the association of cerebrovascular diseases and frailty, as well as prefrailty, in observational studies.

We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis assessing hemodynamics in cardiac surgery patients treated with levosimendan.

METHODS The authors conducted a systematic review and random-effects meta-analysis assessing case-control, cohort, and interventional studies reporting on the safety (primary outcome, any congenital anomaly) or efficacy (primary outcome, mood relapse prevention) of lithium treatment during pregnancy and the postpartum period.

We aim to conduct a systematic review and meta-analysis assessing headache severity after treatment of unruptured intracranial aneurysm.

A meta-analysis assessing differences in clinical parameters between MIPSs and traditional flaps was also performed.

Here, we present a meta-analysis assessing and comparing the sub-cellular resolution of 29 such mass spectrometry-based spatial proteomics experiments using a newly developed tool termed QSep.

Our goal was to perform a systematic review and meta-analysis assessing the association between air pollution exposure and GDM.

To date, no systematic review or meta-analysis assessing the effectiveness of this new integrated strategy for schistosomiasis control in China has been published.