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ArticleBMC anesthesiology2020

Problems of subgroup analysis in randomized controlled trial.

Hans-Joachim Priebe

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Article in BMC anesthesiology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 author.

Hans-Joachim PriebeDepartment of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Medical Center University of Freiburg, Hugstetter Straße 55, 79095, Freiburg, Germany. hans-joachim.priebe@uniklinik-freiburg.de.ORCID 0000-0003-2061-1389

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Multiple subgroup analyses of the same data increase the risk of generating false positive findings. All outcomes and planned subgroup analyses should thus be prespecified and described in the original trial registry. When outcome changes during an ongoing trial seem justifiable, publications must disclose and explain such changes.

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