Association of sex, age, and comorbidities with mortality in COVID-19 patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis

M Biswas, S Rahaman, TK Biswas, Z Haque, B Ibrahim - Intervirology, 2021 - karger.com
Introduction: Although severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 infection is causing
mortality in considerable proportion of coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) patients …

[HTML][HTML] Efficacy and safety of COVID-19 vaccines: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials

A Pormohammad, M Zarei, S Ghorbani, M Mohammadi… - Vaccines, 2021 - mdpi.com
The current study systematically reviewed, summarized and meta-analyzed the clinical
features of the vaccines in clinical trials to provide a better estimate of their efficacy, side …

Resistance training induces improvements in range of motion: a systematic review and meta-analysis

S Alizadeh, A Daneshjoo, A Zahiri, SH Anvar… - Sports Medicine, 2023 - Springer
Background Although it is known that resistance training can be as effective as stretch
training to increase joint range of motion, to date no comprehensive meta-analysis has …

The trim-and-fill method for publication bias: practical guidelines and recommendations based on a large database of meta-analyses

L Shi, L Lin - Medicine, 2019 - journals.lww.com
Publication bias is a type of systematic error when synthesizing evidence that cannot
represent the underlying truth. Clinical studies with favorable results are more likely …

Quantifying publication bias in meta-analysis

L Lin, H Chu - Biometrics, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Publication bias is a serious problem in systematic reviews and meta-analyses, which can
affect the validity and generalization of conclusions. Currently, approaches to dealing with …

A new improved graphical and quantitative method for detecting bias in meta-analysis

L Furuya-Kanamori, JJ Barendregt… - JBI Evidence …, 2018 - journals.lww.com
Detection of publication and related biases remains suboptimal and threatens the validity
and interpretation of meta-analytical findings. When bias is present, it usually differentially …

The effects of youth mentoring programs: A meta-analysis of outcome studies

EB Raposa, J Rhodes, GJJM Stams, N Card… - Journal of youth and …, 2019 - Springer
Mentoring programs, which pair youth with caring, non-parental adults with the goal of
promoting positive youth development, are an increasingly popular strategy for early …

Risk factors for post–intensive care syndrome: A systematic review and meta-analysis

M Lee, J Kang, YJ Jeong - Australian Critical Care, 2020 - Elsevier
Objective The objective of this study was to identify the risk factors for each area of post–
intensive care syndrome (PICS) and to determine their effect size. Review method used This …

Sleep duration and incidence of obesity in infants, children, and adolescents: a systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective studies

MA Miller, M Kruisbrink, J Wallace, C Ji, FP Cappuccio - Sleep, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Study Objectives To assess the prospective relationship between sleep and obesity
in a paediatric population. Methods We performed a systematic search using PubMed …

What works? A meta analysis of recent active labor market program evaluations

D Card, J Kluve, A Weber - Journal of the European Economic …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
We summarize the estimates from over 200 recent studies of active labor market programs.
We classify the estimates by type of program and participant group, and distinguish between …