Response to: Comment About Statistical Analysis of a Cluster-Randomized Trial About Clustering and Nesting (DOI: 10.1089/chi.2019.0142)

Magaly Aceves-Martins^{1

2}, Elisabet Llauradó¹, Lucia Tarro^{1

3}, David Moriña⁴, Ignasi Papell-Garcia³, Jordi Prades-Tena⁵, Helle Kettner-Høeberg⁵, Francesc Puiggròs³, Lluís Arola^{3

6}, Amy Davies⁷, Montse Giralt^{1

8}, Rosa Solà^{1

3

9}

Affiliations

¹ Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Facultat de Medicina i Ciències de la Salut, Functional Nutrition, Oxidation, and Cardiovascular Diseases Group (NFOC-Salut), Health Education and Promotion, Reus, Spain.
² Health Services Research Unit, Health Sciences Building, University of Aberdeen, Foresterhill, Aberdeen, United Kingdom.
³ Eurecat, Centre Tecnològic de Catalunya, Unitat de Nutrició i Salut, Reus, Spain.
⁴ Barcelona Graduate School of Mathematics (BGSMath), Departament de Matemàtiques, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), Barcelona, Spain.
⁵ Departament d'Estudis de Comunicació, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona, Spain.
⁶ Nutrigenomics Research Group, Departament de Bioquímica I Biotecnologia, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona, Spain.
⁷ Health and Social Care, National Children's Bureau, London, United Kingdom.
⁸ Unit of Pharmacology, Facultat de Medicina i Ciències de la Salut, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Reus, Spain.
⁹ Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital Universitari Sant Joan, Reus, Spain.

Comment

Magaly Aceves-Martins et al. Child Obes. 2020 Mar.

. 2020 Mar;16(2):67-69.

doi: 10.1089/chi.2019.0265.

¹ Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Facultat de Medicina i Ciències de la Salut, Functional Nutrition, Oxidation, and Cardiovascular Diseases Group (NFOC-Salut), Health Education and Promotion, Reus, Spain.
² Health Services Research Unit, Health Sciences Building, University of Aberdeen, Foresterhill, Aberdeen, United Kingdom.
³ Eurecat, Centre Tecnològic de Catalunya, Unitat de Nutrició i Salut, Reus, Spain.
⁴ Barcelona Graduate School of Mathematics (BGSMath), Departament de Matemàtiques, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), Barcelona, Spain.
⁵ Departament d'Estudis de Comunicació, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona, Spain.
⁶ Nutrigenomics Research Group, Departament de Bioquímica I Biotecnologia, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona, Spain.
⁷ Health and Social Care, National Children's Bureau, London, United Kingdom.
⁸ Unit of Pharmacology, Facultat de Medicina i Ciències de la Salut, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Reus, Spain.
⁹ Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital Universitari Sant Joan, Reus, Spain.

No abstract available

Comment on

A School-Based, Peer-Led, Social Marketing Intervention To Engage Spanish Adolescents in a Healthy Lifestyle ("We Are Cool"-Som la Pera Study): A Parallel-Cluster Randomized Controlled Study.
Aceves-Martins M, Llauradó E, Tarro L, Moriña D, Papell-Garcia I, Prades-Tena J, Kettner-Høeberg H, Puiggròs F, Arola L, Davies A, Giralt M, Solà R. Aceves-Martins M, et al. Child Obes. 2017 Aug;13(4):300-313. doi: 10.1089/chi.2016.0216. Epub 2017 Apr 27. Child Obes. 2017. Retraction in: Child Obes. 2020 Oct;16(7):544-545. doi: 10.1089/chi.2016.0216.retract. PMID: 28448174 Retracted. Clinical Trial.
Incorrect Analyses of Cluster-Randomized Trials that Do Not Take Clustering and Nesting into Account Likely Lead to p-Values that Are Too Small.
Golzarri-Arroyo L, Oakes JM, Brown AW, Allison DB. Golzarri-Arroyo L, et al. Child Obes. 2020 Mar;16(2):65-66. doi: 10.1089/chi.2019.0142. Child Obes. 2020. PMID: 32078372 Free PMC article. No abstract available.