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. 2009 Dec;52(6):515-22.

How to work with a subgroup analysis

Bernadette Dijkman¹, Bauke Kooistra, Mohit Bhandari; Evidence-Based Surgery Working Group

Collaborators, Affiliations

Collaborators

Evidence-Based Surgery Working Group:
S Archibald, F Baillie, M Bhandari, M Cadeddu, C Cinà, F Farrokhyar, C H Goldsmith, T Haines, R Hansebout, R Jaeschke, C Levis, M Simunovic, V Tandan, A Thoma, S Cornacchi, A Garnett

Affiliation

¹ Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.

PMID: 20011190
PMCID: PMC2792383

How to work with a subgroup analysis

Bernadette Dijkman et al. Can J Surg. 2009 Dec.

. 2009 Dec;52(6):515-22.

Authors

Bernadette Dijkman¹, Bauke Kooistra, Mohit Bhandari; Evidence-Based Surgery Working Group

Collaborators

Evidence-Based Surgery Working Group:
S Archibald, F Baillie, M Bhandari, M Cadeddu, C Cinà, F Farrokhyar, C H Goldsmith, T Haines, R Hansebout, R Jaeschke, C Levis, M Simunovic, V Tandan, A Thoma, S Cornacchi, A Garnett

Affiliation

¹ Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.

PMID: 20011190
PMCID: PMC2792383

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Figures

Fig. 1 — Fig. 1
Forest plot of the results of the age-based subgroup analysis by Itoi and colleagues. CI = confidence interval.

Fig. 2 — Fig. 2
Forest plot of the results of the subgroup analysis on the day of immobilization by Itoi and colleagues. CI = confidence interval.

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