Understanding heterogeneity in metaanalysis: the role of meta‐regression

WL Baker, C Michael White… - … journal of clinical …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
meta-regression analysis by Bonovas and Sitaras (B&S) throughout this review (17). B&S
reported the results of a meta-analysis … and whether this effect varied by patient age (17). They …

Meta-analysis: age and effectiveness of prophylactic implantable cardioverter-defibrillators

P Santangeli, L Di Biase, AD Russo… - Annals of internal …, 2010 - acpjournals.org
… that were not always used in the older ICD trials, such as β-blockers and angiotensin-converting
enzyme inhibitors, we suggest that future trials consider enrolling elderly patients aged

Patient-Level Meta-analysis: Effect of Measurement Timing, Threshold, and Patient Age on Ability of d-Dimer Testing to Assess Recurrence Risk After Unprovoked …

J Douketis, A Tosetto, M Marcucci, T Baglin… - Annals of internal …, 2010 - acpjournals.org
… to patient subgroups, adjust for potential confounders, and allow time-to-event analyses (13–15).
We did a patient-level meta-analysis of patients … d-dimer testing, patient age, or the d-…

Effect of age on MAC in humans: a meta-analysis

WW Mapleson - British journal of anaesthesia, 1996 - Elsevier
… incision in 50 % of patients, decreases with age. Regression analysis showed that data for
… were consistent, for age 9 1 yr, with log10 MAC decreasing with increasing age at the same …

[HTML][HTML] Age and organ damage correlate with poor survival in myeloma patients: meta-analysis of 1435 individual patient data from 4 randomized trials

S Bringhen, MV Mateos, S Zweegman, A Larocca… - …, 2013 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
… After a median follow up of 33 months (95% CI: 10–56 months), 513 of 1435 patients (36%) …
in patients aged 75 years or over (HR 1.44, 95% CI: 1.20–1.72; P< 0.001), in patients with …

The effect of age on mortality in patients with COVID-19: a meta-analysis with 611,583 subjects

C Bonanad, S García-Blas… - Journal of the American …, 2020 - Elsevier
analysis of 611,583 patients shows a mortality increase related to age; this is evident in
patients aged … Therefore, the highest mortality occurs in the patients aged ≥80 years in whom it …

Patient sociodemographic characteristics as predictors of satisfaction with medical care: a meta-analysis

JA Hall, MC Dornan - Social science & medicine, 1990 - Elsevier
Patientsage is seen as a more consistent correlate than other sociodemographic variables.
… An additional important finding of the metaanalysis is the demonstration of significant …

Individual patient data–based meta-analysis of patients aged 16 to 60 years with core binding factor acute myeloid leukemia: a survey of the German Acute Myeloid …

RF Schlenk, A Benner, J Krauter, T Buchner… - Journal of Clinical …, 2004 - ascopubs.org
… This meta-analysis of several German AML trials was conducted because patient numbers
in … Individual patient data–based meta-analyses are not able to substitute prospective trials, …

The effects of advanced age on primary total knee arthroplasty: a meta-analysis and systematic review

EF Kuperman, M Schweizer, P Joy, X Gu, MM Fang - BMC geriatrics, 2016 - Springer
age group, patients aged 75 years and over improved significantly, becoming similar to
population norms for this age [44… to younger patients [2] implying that geriatric patients may delay …

[HTML][HTML] … delay, age, and stroke severity on the effects of intravenous thrombolysis with alteplase for acute ischaemic stroke: a meta-analysis of individual patient data …

J Emberson, KR Lees, P Lyden, L Blackwell, G Albers… - The Lancet, 2014 - thelancet.com
… We did a pre-specified meta-analysis of individual patient data from 6756 patients in nine
randomised trials comparing alteplase with placebo or open control. We included all …