This tutorial on advanced statistical methods for meta‐analysis can be seen as a sequel to
the recent Tutorial in Biostatistics on meta‐analysis by Normand, which focused on …

Background Dietary fiber is part of a healthy diet and may exert a protective effect in the
cardiovascular system. The effect of fiber intake on blood pressure (BP) has not yet been …

The reported prevalence of depression in psoriasis varies substantially. This study aims to
determine the prevalence and odds of depressive symptoms and clinical depression in …

Purpose Coffee is a widely consumed beverage and small health effects of substances in
coffee may have large public health consequences. It has been suggested that caffeine in …

Myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPNs) are the most common cause of Budd-Chiari
syndrome (BCS) and nonmalignant, noncirrhotic portal vein thrombosis (PVT). In this meta-analysis, …

Background Preterm birth, low birth weight, and infant catch-up growth seem associated
with an increased risk of respiratory diseases in later life, but individual studies showed …

Background Increasing evidence suggests that diabetes mellitus (DM) is associated with
increased cancer incidence and mortality. Several mechanisms involved in diabetes, such as …

OBJECTIVE: The Medical Outcomes Study Short Form 36-Item Health Survey (SF-36) is the
most widely used generic instrument to estimate quality of life of patients on renal …

Meta-analysis of receiver operating characteristic (ROC)-curve data is often done with fixed-effects
models, which suffer many shortcomings. Some random-effects models have been …

Calcium plays a role in blood pressure (BP) regulation, but the importance of supplemental
calcium intake for the prevention of hypertension is still debated. We conducted a meta-…