CHecklist for statistical Assessment of Medical Papers: the CHAMP statement

Mohammad Ali Mansournia^{1

2}, Gary S Collins^{3

4}, Rasmus Oestergaard Nielsen^{5

6}, Maryam Nazemipour⁷, Nicholas P Jewell^{8

9}, Douglas G Altman³, Michael J Campbell¹⁰

Affiliations

¹ Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran mansournia_ma@yahoo.com nazemipour.m@iums.ac.ir.
² Sports Medicine Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Neuroscience Institute, Tehran, Iran.
³ Centre for Statistics in Medicine, Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
⁴ National Institute for Health Research Oxford Biomedical Research Centre, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK.
⁵ Department of Public Health, Section for Sports Science, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.
⁶ Research Unit for General Practice, Aarhus, Denmark.
⁷ Psychosocial Health Research Institute, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran mansournia_ma@yahoo.com nazemipour.m@iums.ac.ir.
⁸ Department of Medical Statistics, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
⁹ Division of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA.
¹⁰ ScHARR, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK.

Editorial

Mohammad Ali Mansournia et al. Br J Sports Med. 2021 Sep.

. 2021 Sep;55(18):1002-1003.

doi: 10.1136/bjsports-2020-103651. Epub 2021 Jan 29.

Mohammad Ali Mansournia^{1

2}, Gary S Collins^{3

4}, Rasmus Oestergaard Nielsen^{5

6}, Maryam Nazemipour⁷, Nicholas P Jewell^{8

9}, Douglas G Altman³, Michael J Campbell¹⁰

¹ Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran mansournia_ma@yahoo.com nazemipour.m@iums.ac.ir.
² Sports Medicine Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Neuroscience Institute, Tehran, Iran.
³ Centre for Statistics in Medicine, Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
⁴ National Institute for Health Research Oxford Biomedical Research Centre, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK.
⁵ Department of Public Health, Section for Sports Science, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.
⁶ Research Unit for General Practice, Aarhus, Denmark.
⁷ Psychosocial Health Research Institute, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran mansournia_ma@yahoo.com nazemipour.m@iums.ac.ir.
⁸ Department of Medical Statistics, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
⁹ Division of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA.
¹⁰ ScHARR, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK.

No abstract available

Keywords: education; epidemiology; methodology; research; statistics.

Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: None declared.

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