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Individual participant data meta-analyses should not ignore clustering

Ghada Abo-Zaid, Boliang Guo, Jonathan J Deeks, Thomas P. A. Debray, Ewout W. Steyerberg, Karel G.M. Moons, Richard D Riley

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology · 2013 · 116 citations · 39 references

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Abstract

Researchers must routinely account for clustering in IPD meta-analyses; otherwise, misleading effect estimates and conclusions may arise.

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