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... T he study com pared 12 random ized trials to 19 m eta-analyses perform ed previously and state that the m eta-analysis w ould lead to the adoption of ineffective treatm ent or rejection of useful treatm ent ... See full document

... To test the distribution of Hardy-Winberg equilibrium (HWE) in controls, chi-square test for goodness of fit was conducted and a p,0.05 indicated disequilibrium of HWE. We assessed the association strength of the ... See full document

... of evidence regarding the real effect that educational interventions have in these ...and meta-analysis assessed whether there is evidence that inhaler technique education in ... See full document

... and meta-analyses, and 1 case report), which left 9 studies for further full publication ...this meta-analysis [29,30,31,32,33,34,35], with 6 being prospective randomized control trials and 1 being a ... See full document

... present meta-analysis has some limitations. First, our meta-analysis was based on ob- servational studies, and half of the included studies controlled some confounding factors, such as age and ... See full document

... deficiencies in our review, the major strength of our study was the coverage of all aspects of TCM in individuals with NP or ...efficacious in pain and disability for CNP or CLBP in the ... See full document

... failure, in its different forms of presentation, the optimal strategy is still widely discussed and ...used in clinical practice in several countries as an alternative drug in the management ... See full document

... recent meta-analytic evidence (Hoyt, Del Rey & Larson, 2011) suggests these differences are completely explained by treatment dose ...examined in a multiple-moderator model, the difference ... See full document

... statistical analysis for the current meta-analysis study was performed by using the comprehensive meta-analysis (CMA) V2 software (Biostat, ...USA). Meta-analysis is a ... See full document

... Increasing evidence showed the association of inflammation and cancer [30] and was helpful in the prevention and treatment of cancer, such as the anti-inflammation therapy of bladder cancer ...mortality ... See full document

... mortality in HFpEF patients. There was a 5% decrease in risk of all-cause mortality from the RCT (I 2 = 0%, RR, ...reduction in the risk for the mortality compared with the non-beta- blockers group ... See full document

... used in the case of significant heterogeneity (P value of x 2 test ...for evidence of publication ...the analysis (weight) and the horizontal line indicates the 95% ... See full document

... this meta-analysis, we find that GG genotype of mir-146a may be a protective factor for OS, especially in Asian ...detected in our study, we should notice that there are only two articles ... See full document

... included in our meta-analysis seek shelter inside trunk cavities [7, 72] and under the exfoliating bark of snags with an intermediate stage of decay [16, 20, 56, ...trees in a given stand ... See full document

... this meta-analysis of 37 observational studies comparing antiplatelets with anticoagulants in 1991 patients with cervical artery dissection, we found evidence to suggest a clinically relevant ... See full document

... present meta-analysis need to be ...the meta- analyzed sample, such as high heterogeneity of studies, populations, and treatments, as well as assessment and diagnostic strategies for ...factors ... See full document

... The geometric growth of the scientific corpus allows new opportunities for studying research practices with large-scale evidence and for testing empirically their effectiveness at producing the most reliable ... See full document

... occurred in HCV genotype G1 (OR: ...1.59–12.49). In addition, a difference was seen in the cut-offs used for defining insulin resistance by Homeostasis Model Assessment of Insulin ... See full document

... The search was conducted from January 2005 (the first year of published studies from 64-slice scanners) to July 2015. The strategy was developed through the Medical Subject Heading (MeSH) terms: “coronary artery ... See full document

... The search was conducted from January 2005 (the first year of published studies from 64-slice scanners) to July 2015. The strategy was developed through the Medical Subject Heading (MeSH) terms: “coronary artery ... See full document