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World J Meta-Anal. Oct 26, 2015; 3(5): 215-224
Published online Oct 26, 2015. doi: 10.13105/wjma.v3.i5.215
Published online Oct 26, 2015. doi: 10.13105/wjma.v3.i5.215
Table 6 Absolute and relative frequencies of occurrence of the four methods to approximate study-specific means and standard deviations in a meta-analysis of a continuous outcome n (%)
| No. of firstranking | No. of second ranking | No. of third ranking | No. of fourth ranking | |
| Conservative SD | 15 (35.7) | 20 (47.6) | 3 (7.1) | 4 (9.5) |
| Less Conservative SD | 4 (9.5) | 1 (2.4) | 1 (2.4) | 36 (85.7) |
| Mean SD | 0 | 3 (7.1) | 37 (88.1) | 2 (4.8) |
| IQR | 23 (54.8) | 18 (42.9) | 1 (2.4) | 0 |
- Citation: Greco T, Biondi-Zoccai G, Gemma M, Guérin C, Zangrillo A, Landoni G. How to impute study-specific standard deviations in meta-analyses of skewed continuous endpoints? World J Meta-Anal 2015; 3(5): 215-224
- URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/2308-3840/full/v3/i5/215.htm
- DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.13105/wjma.v3.i5.215