Estimating a summarized odds ratio whilst eliminating publication bias in meta-analysis.
Sugita M, Kanamori M, Izuno T, +1 more·Japanese journal of clinical oncology
Publication bias is a recognized phenomenon, i.e. studies with statistically significant results are more likely to be published than those finding no difference between the groups studied. Summarized odds ratio calculated from odds ratios of published studies in a meta-analysis may be overestimated because of publicat…