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SynthesisStatistical methods in medical research2020

Hybrid test for publication bias in meta-analysis.

Lifeng Lin

Abstract readMeta-Analysis
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Synthesis in Statistical methods in medical research, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers, 20 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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28citing papers in PubMed, 20 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

28 citing papers in PubMed, 20 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

  1. Application of patient navigation programs across the entire continuum of breast cancer care: a GRADE-assessed systematic review with meta-analysis.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author.

Lifeng LinDepartment of Statistics, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3562-9816

Funding

Statistical Methods and Software for Multivariate Meta-analysisR01LM012982 · NLM · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA · PI LIN, LIFENG, SIEGEL, LIANNE · 2019 to 2022
$1.3M
NLM NIH HHS R01 LM012982
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Publication bias frequently appears in meta-analyses when the included studies' results (e.g.,

Indexed as

Research DesignBiasComputer SimulationPublication BiasHybrid testmeta-analysispublication biasresamplingstatistical powersystematic review

Identifiers

PMID32290810
PMCPMC7434640

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