Duration of the common cold and similar continuous outcomes should be analyzed on the relative scale: a case study of two zinc lozenge trials

Duration of the common cold and similar continuous outcomes should be analyzed on the relative scale: a case study of two zinc lozenge trials

Abstract Background The relative scale has been used for decades in analysing binary data in epidemiology. In contrast, there has been a long tradition of carrying out meta-analyses of continuous outcomes on the absolute, original measurement, scale. The biological rationale for using the relative s...

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Main Author: Harri Hemilä
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-05-01
Series:BMC Medical Research Methodology
Subjects:
Data interpretation
Meta-analysis
Outcome assessment
Randomized controlled trial
Respiratory tract infections
Statistics
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12874-017-0356-y

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