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Because there were few dose-ranging trials and sparse outcomes for adverse events, and to avoid multiple comparisons with the same placebo group, we combined dosage groups within each trial to make one contrast with placebo according to the Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Interventions.
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In this model, the analysis dictionary multiplying the signal can lead to a sparse outcome.
However, the effect estimates for IHD mortality had wider CIs and were based on sparse outcome data (median of 1 death/day), so the size of the IHD RRs should be interpreted cautiously.
4 7 Apart from mortality, information is sparse on outcomes of bacteraemia in working-age adults.
Data are sparse on outcomes of intermittent haemodialysis performed in children with AKI in sub-Saharan Africa.
If the quality of primary research is poor, the quantity sparse, or the outcomes heterogeneous, then calculation of a summary effect may not be possible or sensible.
Data have been sparse regarding neuropsychological outcomes in the preschool years.
Comparing to the original models containing sparse outliers, the outcomes of all outlier removal methods look clean.
Nevertheless, further research on abused women and the range of effects of violence on their lives would be a welcome addition to the sparse literature on outcomes of IPV.
The epidemiological literature is sparse for most outcomes studied and plagued by small sample size, methodological weaknesses, and thus fails to support a conclusion of an adverse effect of phthalate exposure.
Covariates (W ij ) were selected in the same manner for diarrhea except that models with a full set of identified covariates did not converge because of sparse data (rare outcome).
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