Commentary: Heterogeneity in meta-analysis should be expected and appropriately quantified

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Comment

Julian P T Higgins. Int J Epidemiol. 2008 Oct.

. 2008 Oct;37(5):1158-60.

doi: 10.1093/ije/dyn204.

¹ MRC Biostatistics Unit, Institute of Public Health, Robinson Way, Cambridge CB2 0SR, UK. julian.higgins@mrc-bsu.cam.ac.uk

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Heterogeneous views on heterogeneity.
Patsopoulos NA, Evangelou E, Ioannidis JP. Patsopoulos NA, et al. Int J Epidemiol. 2009 Dec;38(6):1740-2. doi: 10.1093/ije/dyn235. Epub 2008 Oct 21. Int J Epidemiol. 2009. PMID: 18940836 Free PMC article. No abstract available.
Comment on: Heterogeneity in meta-analysis should be expected and appropriately quantified.
Coory MD. Coory MD. Int J Epidemiol. 2010 Jun;39(3):932; author reply 933. doi: 10.1093/ije/dyp157. Epub 2009 Apr 6. Int J Epidemiol. 2010. PMID: 19349478 No abstract available.

Sensitivity of between-study heterogeneity in meta-analysis: proposed metrics and empirical evaluation.
Patsopoulos NA, Evangelou E, Ioannidis JP. Patsopoulos NA, et al. Int J Epidemiol. 2008 Oct;37(5):1148-57. doi: 10.1093/ije/dyn065. Epub 2008 Apr 18. Int J Epidemiol. 2008. PMID: 18424475 Free PMC article.