Intended for healthcare professionals

  1. Research
  2. Bias in meta-analysis...
  3. Bias in meta-analysis detected by a simple, graphical test
Papers

Bias in meta-analysis detected by a simple, graphical test

BMJ 1997; 315 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.315.7109.629 (Published 13 September 1997) Cite this as: BMJ 1997;315:629

Related articles

See more

Cited by...

  • Geographic distributions of age-related macular degeneration incidence: a systematic review and meta-analysis
  • Impact of lockdown on key workers: findings from the COVID-19 survey in four UK national longitudinal studies
  • Cognitive and Executive Function in Congenital Heart Disease: A Meta-analysis
  • Can high-intensity interval training improve mental health outcomes in the general population and those with physical illnesses? A systematic review and meta-analysis
  • Global epidemiology of COVID-19 knowledge, attitude and practice: a systematic review and meta-analysis
  • Alterations of Brain Metabolites in Adults With HIV: A Systematic Meta-analysis of Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Studies
  • Genome-wide pleiotropy analysis identifies novel blood pressure variants and improves its polygenic risk scores
  • Association between periodontal disease and osteoporosis in postmenopausal women: a protocol for systematic review and meta-analysis
  • Exploring the appropriate dose of nebulized hypertonic saline for bronchiolitis: a dose-response meta-analysis
  • High-Intensity Interval Training and Cardiometabolic Risk Factors in Children: A Meta-analysis
  • Medical cannabis or cannabinoids for chronic non-cancer and cancer related pain: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised clinical trials
  • Effect of melatonin and melatonin agonists on postoperative sleep quality in adult patients: a protocol for systematic review and meta-analysis with trial sequential analysis
  • Changes in arterial stiffness indices during a single haemodialysis session in end-stage renal disease population: a systematic review and meta-analysis protocol
  • Effects of yoga on depressive symptoms in people with mental disorders: a systematic review and meta-analysis
  • Effectiveness of vaccination against symptomatic and asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection: a systematic review and meta-analysis
  • Willingness and influential factors of parents to vaccinate their children against the COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis
  • Effect of low glycaemic index or load dietary patterns on glycaemic control and cardiometabolic risk factors in diabetes: systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials
  • Benefits of the addition of continuous or flash glucose monitoring versus standard practice using self-monitored blood glucose and haemoglobin A1c in the primary care of diabetes mellitus: a systematic review protocol
  • Effects of moxibustion on reproduction and metabolism of polycystic ovary syndrome: a protocol for meta-analysis and systematic review
  • Effect of phosphodiesterase-type 5 inhibitors on erectile function: an overview of systematic reviews and meta-analyses
  • Effect of perioperative intravenous lidocaine on postoperative outcomes in patients undergoing resection of colorectal cancer: a protocol for systematic review and meta-analysis
  • Sibship size, birth order and risk of asthma and allergy: protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis
  • Anxiety and depression prevalence in digestive cancers: a systematic review and meta-analysis
  • Natural history of histologically confirmed high-grade cervical intraepithelial neoplasia during pregnancy: meta-analysis
  • Association of Metabolic Syndrome and Its Components With Risk of Stroke Recurrence and Mortality: A Meta-analysis
  • Cognition-oriented treatments and physical exercise on cognitive function in Huntingtons disease: Protocol for systematic review
  • Adverse events associated with endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography: protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis
  • Effectiveness of interventions for people living with dementia and their carers in Chinese communities: protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials
  • Suicidal behaviour in adults during the COVID-19 pandemic: protocol for systematic review of observational studies
  • Prewarming i-gel laryngeal mask for mechanical ventilation: a meta-analysis of randomised control trials and trial sequential analysis
  • Asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection: A systematic review and meta-analysis
  • Intention of health care workers to accept COVID-19 vaccination and related factors: a systematic review and meta-analysis
  • Prevalence and risk factors for road traffic injuries and mortalities in Ethiopia: systematic review and meta-analysis
  • Customary physical activity and odds of depression: a systematic review and meta-analysis of 111 prospective cohort studies
  • Does the addition of iPACK to adductor canal block in the presence or absence of periarticular local anesthetic infiltration improve analgesic and functional outcomes following total knee arthroplasty? A systematic review and meta-analysis
  • The Impact of Traumatic Brain Injury on Neurocognitive Outcomes in Children: a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
  • A systematic review and meta-analysis of the potential non-human animal reservoirs and arthropod vectors of the Mayaro virus
  • Outcomes of very preterm infants with neonatal hyperglycaemia: a systematic review and meta-analysis
  • Global burden of post-traumatic stress disorder and major depression in countries affected by war between 1989 and 2019: a systematic review and meta-analysis
  • Opioid-sparing effects of medical cannabis or cannabinoids for chronic pain: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised and observational studies
  • Impaired learning, memory, and extinction in posttraumatic stress disorder: translational meta-analysis of clinical and preclinical studies
  • House dust mite (HDM) and storage mite (SM) molecular sensitisation profiles and association with clinical outcomes in allergic asthma and rhinitis: protocol for a systematic review
  • Effects of non-invasive brain stimulation on visual perspective taking: A meta-analytic study
  • Magnitude and variability of structural brain abnormalities in neuropsychiatric disease: protocol for a network meta-analysis of MRI studies
  • Inferring the multiplicity of founder variants initiating HIV-1 infection: a systematic review and individual patient data meta-analysis
  • Cancer-related fatigue: light therapy: updated meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials
  • Systematic review and meta-analysis of gallstone disease treatment outcomes in early cholecystectomy versus conservative management/delayed cholecystectomy
  • Risk of atrial fibrillation in athletes: a systematic review and meta-analysis
  • Body image and antiretroviral therapy adherence among people living with HIV: a protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis
  • Contrast extravasation and outcome of endovascular therapy in acute ischaemic stroke: a systematic review and meta-analysis
  • Knowledge of blood donation and associated factors in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis
  • Gestational diabetes mellitus in women born small or premature: Systematic review and meta-analysis
  • Fruit and vegetable consumption and the risk of type 2 diabetes: a systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis of prospective studies
  • Detection and diagnosis of large airway collapse: a systematic review
  • Low-dose or no aspirin administration in acute-phase Kawasaki disease: a meta-analysis and systematic review
  • Mass drug administration campaigns for scabies and impetigo: protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis
  • Mindfulness-based and acceptance-based programmes in the treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder: a study protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis
  • Prognostic factors for adverse outcomes in patients with COVID-19: a field-wide systematic review and meta-analysis
  • What is the impact of multimorbidity on the risk of hospitalisation in older adults? A systematic review study protocol
  • Methodological review to develop a list of bias items used to assess reviews incorporating network meta-analysis: protocol and rationale
  • Physical activity referral scheme components: a study protocol for systematic review and meta-regression
  • Verbally mediated cooperation is consistently associated with inter-brain synchrony in frontal and temporoparietal areas: A mini-review and meta-analysis
  • Managing postoperative pain in adult outpatients: a systematic review and meta-analysis comparing codeine with NSAIDs
  • Neurodevelopmental outcome of patients with congenital gastrointestinal malformations: a systematic review and meta-analysis
  • Sudden death in individuals with obstructive sleep apnoea: a systematic review and meta-analysis
  • Human genetic factors associated with pneumonia susceptibility, a cue for COVID-19 mortality
  • A network meta-analysis of psychosocial interventions for refugees and asylum seekers with PTSD
  • Effectiveness of trauma care systems at different stages of development in reducing mortality: a systematic review and meta-analysis protocol
  • In-hospital cardiac arrest in Intensive Care Unit versus non-Intensive Care Unit patients with COVID-19. A systematic review and meta-analysis
  • Association between early bronchiolitis and the development of childhood asthma: a meta-analysis
  • Dose-dependent effect of nuts on blood pressure: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials
  • A systematic review and meta-analysis of genetic parameters for complex quantitative traits in aquatic animal species
  • The importance of animal weapons and fighting style in animal contests
  • The bidirectional causal effects of brain morphology across the life course and risk of Alzheimers disease: A cross-cohort comparison and Mendelian randomization meta-analysis
  • Polyethylene glycol versus lactulose in the treatment of hepatic encephalopathy: a systematic review and meta-analysis
  • Tool to assess risk of bias due to missing evidence in network meta-analysis (ROB-MEN): elaboration and examples
  • Factors predicting successful vaginal birth after caesarean section: protocol for evidence-based consensus recommendations using a Delphi survey
  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Autism Spectrum Disorders: A Systematic Review
  • Psychologic Treatment of Depression Compared With Pharmacotherapy and Combined Treatment in Primary Care: A Network Meta-Analysis
  • Efficacy and safety of caudal dexmedetomidine in pediatric infra-umbilical surgery: a meta-analysis and trial-sequential analysis of randomized controlled trials
  • Association of sedentary work with colon and rectal cancer: systematic review and meta-analysis
  • The impact of cash transfers on mental health in children and young people in low-income and middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis
  • Sero-Prevalence and Risk Factor of Peste Des Petits Ruminants in Sheep and Goats of Ethiopia: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
  • Structural Brain Correlates of Cognitive Function in Schizophrenia: A Meta-Analysis
  • CCL2/CCR2 inhibition in atherosclerosis: a meta-analysis of preclinical studies
  • Lifestyle interventions for type 2 diabetes management among migrants and ethnic minorities living in industrialized countries: a systematic review and meta-analyses
  • Incidence of Long-term Post-acute Sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 Infection Related to Pain and Other Symptoms: A Living Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
  • Rates and risk factors for suicidal ideation, suicide attempts and suicide deaths in persons with HIV: a systematic review and meta-analysis
  • An individual participant data meta-analysis of prognostic blood biomarkers in IPF
  • Non-invasive brain stimulation effectiveness in anxiety disorder treatment: a meta-analysis on sham/behavior-controlled studies
Back to top