Statistical concerns for meta-analysis of rare events and small sample sizes

Affiliations

¹ Department of Public Health Sciences, College of Medicine, Pennsylvania State University, Hershey, PA, USA. Electronic address: shouhao.zhou@psu.edu.
² Department of Public Health Sciences, College of Medicine, Pennsylvania State University, Hershey, PA, USA; Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, Pennsylvania State University, Hershey, PA, USA.

Meta-Analysis

Shouhao Zhou et al. Lancet Infect Dis. 2022 Aug.

. 2022 Aug;22(8):1111-1112.

doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(22)00364-4.

¹ Department of Public Health Sciences, College of Medicine, Pennsylvania State University, Hershey, PA, USA. Electronic address: shouhao.zhou@psu.edu.
² Department of Public Health Sciences, College of Medicine, Pennsylvania State University, Hershey, PA, USA; Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, Pennsylvania State University, Hershey, PA, USA.

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Conflict of interest statement

We declare no competing interests.

Statistical concerns for meta-analysis of rare events and small sample sizes - Authors' reply.
Sherwood E, Steer AC, Van Beneden CA, Seale AC. Sherwood E, et al. Lancet Infect Dis. 2022 Aug;22(8):1112. doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(22)00358-9. Lancet Infect Dis. 2022. PMID: 35870455 No abstract available.

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