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Meta-analyses.  

Edward H. Livingston

in AMA Manual of Style: A Guide for Authors and Editors (11th ed.)

Print Publication Year: 
Feb 2020
Published Online: 
Feb 2020
DOI: 
10.1093/jama/9780190246556.003.0019.022.0019
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A meta-analysis is a systematic, statistical pooling of the results of 2 or more similar studies to address a question of interest or hypothesis. According to Moher and Olkin,50 [Meta-analyses] provide a systematic and explicit method for synthesizing evidence, a quantitative overall estimate (and CIs) derived from the individual studies, and early evidence as to the effectiveness of treatments, thus reducing the need for continued study. They also can address questions in specific subgroups that individual studies may not have examined....

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