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

Affiliations

¹ Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London WC1E 7HT, UK. Electronic address: emmasherwood@nhs.net.
² Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London WC1E 7HT, UK.
³ Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA.
⁴ Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.

Meta-Analysis

Emma Sherwood et al. Lancet Infect Dis. 2022 Aug.

. 2022 Aug;22(8):1112.

doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(22)00358-9.

¹ Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London WC1E 7HT, UK. Electronic address: emmasherwood@nhs.net.
² Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London WC1E 7HT, UK.
³ Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA.
⁴ Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.

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Statistical concerns for meta-analysis of rare events and small sample sizes.
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Statistical concerns for meta-analysis of rare events and small sample sizes.
Zhou Q, Li Q, Meng W, Luo Z, Chen Y. Zhou Q, et al. Lancet Infect Dis. 2022 Aug;22(8):1111. doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(22)00363-2. Lancet Infect Dis. 2022. PMID: 35870454 No abstract available.