Recommendations for examining and interpreting funnel plot asymmetry in meta-analyses of randomised controlled trials
BMJ
.
2011 Jul 22:343:d4002.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.d4002.
Authors
Jonathan A C Sterne
1
,
Alex J Sutton
,
John P A Ioannidis
,
Norma Terrin
,
David R Jones
,
Joseph Lau
,
James Carpenter
,
Gerta Rücker
,
Roger M Harbord
,
Christopher H Schmid
,
Jennifer Tetzlaff
,
Jonathan J Deeks
,
Jaime Peters
,
Petra Macaskill
,
Guido Schwarzer
,
Sue Duval
,
Douglas G Altman
,
David Moher
,
Julian P T Higgins
Affiliation
1
School of Social and Community Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 2PS, UK. jonathan.sterne@bristol.ac.uk
PMID:
21784880
DOI:
10.1136/bmj.d4002
No abstract available
Publication types
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
MeSH terms
Meta-Analysis as Topic*
Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic*
Selection Bias
Statistics as Topic / methods*
Grants and funding
G0800808/MRC_/Medical Research Council/United Kingdom
CAPMC/ CIHR/Canada
U.1052.00.011/MRC_/Medical Research Council/United Kingdom
MC_U105285807/MRC_/Medical Research Council/United Kingdom
G0800800/MRC_/Medical Research Council/United Kingdom
CRUK_/Cancer Research UK/United Kingdom