Guidelines for Reporting of Statistics for Clinical Research in Urology

doi:10.1016/j.eururo.2018.12.014

Editorial

. 2019 Mar;75(3):358-367.

doi: 10.1016/j.eururo.2018.12.014. Epub 2018 Dec 21.

Guidelines for Reporting of Statistics for Clinical Research in Urology

Melissa Assel¹, Daniel Sjoberg¹, Andrew Elders², Xuemei Wang³, Dezheng Huo⁴, Albert Botchway⁵, Kristin Delfino⁵, Yunhua Fan⁶, Zhiguo Zhao⁷, Tatsuki Koyama⁷, Brent Hollenbeck⁸, Rui Qin⁹, Whitney Zahnd¹⁰, Emily C Zabor¹, Michael W Kattan¹¹, Andrew J Vickers¹²

Affiliations

¹ Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA.
² Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow, UK.
³ The University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.
⁴ The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
⁵ Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Springfield, IL, USA.
⁶ University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
⁷ Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA.
⁸ University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
⁹ Janssen Research & Development, NJ, USA.
¹⁰ University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA.
¹¹ Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA.
¹² Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA. Electronic address: vickersa@mskcc.org.

PMID: 30580902
PMCID: PMC6391870
DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2018.12.014

Editorial

Guidelines for Reporting of Statistics for Clinical Research in Urology

Melissa Assel et al. Eur Urol. 2019 Mar.

. 2019 Mar;75(3):358-367.

doi: 10.1016/j.eururo.2018.12.014. Epub 2018 Dec 21.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA.
² Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow, UK.
³ The University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.
⁴ The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
⁵ Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Springfield, IL, USA.
⁶ University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
⁷ Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA.
⁸ University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
⁹ Janssen Research & Development, NJ, USA.
¹⁰ University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA.
¹¹ Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA.
¹² Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA. Electronic address: vickersa@mskcc.org.

PMID: 30580902
PMCID: PMC6391870
DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2018.12.014

Abstract

Investigators submitting clinical research to European Urology are encouraged to follow guidelines for the reporting of statistics. Adoption of the guidelines will not only increase the quality of published papers, but also improve statistical knowledge in urology in general.

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Conflict of interest statement

Financial disclosures: Andrew J. Vickers certifies that all conflicts of interest, including specific financial interests and relationships and affiliations relevant to the subject matter or materials discussed in the manuscript (eg, employment/affiliation, grants or funding, consultancies, honoraria, stock ownership or options, expert testimony, royalties, or patents filed, received, or pending), are the following: None.

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[1] Scales CD Jr, Norris RD, Peterson BL, Preminger GM, Dahm P. Clinical research and statistical methods in the urology literature. J Urol 2005;174:1374–9. - PubMed

[2] Scales CD Jr, Norris RD, Peterson BL, Preminger GM, Dahm P. Clinical research and statistical methods in the urology literature. J Urol 2005;174:1374–9. - PubMed

[3] Lang TA, Altman DG. Basic statistical reporting for articles published in biomedical journals: the "Statistical Analyses and Methods in the Published Literature" or the SAMPL guidelines. Int J Nurs Stud 2015;52:5–9. - PubMed

[4] Lang TA, Altman DG. Basic statistical reporting for articles published in biomedical journals: the "Statistical Analyses and Methods in the Published Literature" or the SAMPL guidelines. Int J Nurs Stud 2015;52:5–9. - PubMed

[5] Vickers AJ, Sjoberg DD. Guidelines for reporting of statistics in European Urology. Eur Urol 2015;67:181–7. - PubMed

[6] Vickers AJ, Sjoberg DD. Guidelines for reporting of statistics in European Urology. Eur Urol 2015;67:181–7. - PubMed

[7] Woolston C. Psychology journal bans P-values. Nature 2015;519:9.

[8] Woolston C. Psychology journal bans P-values. Nature 2015;519:9.

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[10] Wasserstein RL, Lazar NA. The ASA's statement on p-values: context, process, and purpose. Am Stat 2016;70:129–33.

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