Sentence examples for by the standardised difference from inspiring English sources
33 This method, used in previously published meta-analyses, 4 34 is based on the fact that with logistic distributions and equal variances in the two treatment groups the log odds ratio corresponds to a constant multiplied by the standardised difference between means.
Continuous data was analysed by calculating the standardised difference in means (SMD) for each study and the correspondent 95% confidence intervals [ 26].
29 We used the standardised difference to measure covariate balance, whereby an absolute standardised difference above 10% represents meaningful imbalance.
The standardised difference in means is used when the studies do not yield directly comparable data.
The standardised difference between the two treatment groups was calculated as the percentage of the absolute difference in population means divided by an estimate of the pooled standard deviation.
We assessed the quality of the final negative binomial model by examining its residuals (the standardised differences between observed and model predicted values).
The locations where the standardised differences are largest are highlighted by vertical lines.
After matching, there was marked attenuation in the standardised differences for all baseline characteristics.
Intervention effects for each study will likely be represented by the standardised mean difference in outcome, calculated as the physical activity level at follow-up adjusted for physical activity level at baseline (or mean activity change from baseline) divided by the pooled SD of change in physical activity from baseline.
This standardisation is typically achieved by calculating the standardised mean difference (SMD) for each trial, which is the difference in means between the two groups, divided by the pooled standard deviation of the measurements.
