Journal article
The methodological quality of dose-response meta-analyses needed substantial improvement: a cross-sectional survey and proposed recommendations
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: To investigate methodological quality of published dose-response meta-analysis (DRMA) and explore study characteristics associated with the quality.
STUDY DESIGN AND SETTING: We searched three databases for published DRMAs and used a modified AMSTAR (15 items) checklist to assess the methodological quality. We summarized the compliance of those DRMAs to the AMSTAR items and used multivariable regression analysis to explore the …
Authors
Xu C; Liu Y; Jia P-L; Li L; Liu T-Z; Cheng L-L; Deng K; Borhan ASM; Thabane L; Sun X
Journal
Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, Vol. 107, , pp. 1–11
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
3 2019
DOI
10.1016/j.jclinepi.2018.11.007
ISSN
0895-4356