Moose on the loose: checklist for meta-analyses of observational studies

Zuuren, Esther J van; Fedorowicz, Zbys

doi:10.1111/bjd.15038

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“…This accomplished meta-analysis of data resources was demonstrated and analyzed under the guidance of the conducting and reporting meta-analyses of observational studies (MOOSE) [ 7 ] and the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines. [ 8 ] Guided by search strategies such as Medical Subject Heading terms (MeSH) and keywords, PubMed, Embase, Web of Science, the Cochrane Library, as well as relevant major international conference, were searched for articles published from inception to 13th October, 2019, without restriction to the language.…”

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Intravascular ultrasound-guided percutaneous coronary intervention for patients with coronary bifurcation lesions

Yang

Guo

et al. 2020

Medicine

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Background and Objective: Intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) could take on a vital position when angiographic images are not clear enough to be precisely visualized or measured by computer-aided technology. This meta-analysis was designed to compare the benefits of IVUS-guided and angiography-guided percutaneous coronary intervention(PCI) strategies for improving clinical outcomes. Methods: PubMed, Embase, Web of Science, and Cochrane Library were searched for articles published from inception to 13th October, 2019. A comparative study of IVUS-guided and angiography-guided PCI strategies for patients with coronary bifurcation lesions was retrieved. The early endpoint events (≤1 year) and the late endpoint events (>1 years) were determined according to the follow-up time. The former included cardiac death, target lesion or vessel revascularization, stent thrombus, and major adverse cardiac events, while the latter included cardiac death. Statistical software Review Manager Version 5.3 was performed for meta-analysis. Results: Five studies involving7,830 patients with coronary bifurcation lesions were included in this meta-analysis, the incidence of major adverse cardiac events for IVUS-guided strategy in patients with coronary bifurcation lesions were lower than those of patients with angiography-guided strategy at the early follow-up(OR = 0.55, 95% CI 0.42 - 0.70, P < .0001).Meanwhile, cardiac death, target vessel or target lesion revascularization, stent thrombosis were not statistically significant(OR = 0.68, 95% CI 0.34 - 1.35, P = .27; OR = 0.78, 95% CI 0.59 - 1.05, P = .10; OR = 0.36, 95% CI 0.12–1.04, P = .06).However, significant differences in cardiac death between IVUS-guided and angiographic-guided strategies were observed in the late follow - up (OR = 0.36, 95% CI 0.23 - 0.57, P < .00001). Conclusion: The IVUS-guided PCI strategy was associated with more clinical benefits compared with angiography-guided PCI strategy in patients with coronary bifurcation lesions. These findings suggest that the IVUS-guided PCI strategy can be recommended as an optimization in this kind of patients.

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Intravascular ultrasound-guided percutaneous coronary intervention for patients with coronary bifurcation lesions

Yang

Guo

et al. 2020

Medicine

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“…The methods were reported in detail previously (Chen, Wang, et al, 2018). Briefly, we identified epidemiological studies, based on the MOOSE guideline (Van Zuuren & Fedorowicz, 2016), and on seroprevalence of H5N1 infection among humans in China published in English or Chinese from 1 January 1997 up to 20 October 2018. The search strategy comprised of a search of English databases (including PubMed, Google scholar, Cochrane library and Clinical Trial) and a search of Chinese databases (including VIP, CNKI and WanFang Data).…”

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Seroprevalence of highly pathogenic avian influenza (H5N1) virus infection among humans in mainland China: A systematic review and meta‐analysis

Chen

et al. 2020

Transbound Emerg Dis

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Although the effective transmission of the H5N1 virus from humans to humans has yet to be further observed, humans are at increased risk of a pandemic caused by H5N1. In order to fully evaluate the seroprevalence and risk factor of highly pathogenic avian influenza A (H5N1) virus infection among in mainland China, we performed a systematic review and meta‐analysis. In this review, we searched literature on the seroprevalence of H5N1 infection among humans in mainland China from 1 January 1997 to 20 October 2018 in English and Chinese databases, including PubMed, Google scholar, Cochrane library, Clinical Trial, VIP, CNKI and WanFang database. We made a selection according to the title and the abstract of paper, and then, we excluded duplicated literature, and data incomplete literature according to the exclusion criteria we formulated. Finally, we extracted how many humans have H5N1 infection from the obtained studies to establish the seroprevalence of H5N1 infection among humans in mainland China. A total of 56 studies (including data of 35,159 humans) were compliant with our criteria. In China, the overall seroprevalence of H5N1 infection among humans was 2.45% (862/35,159), while the seroprevalence of H5N1 infection among humans from central China was 7.32% (213/2,911), higher than those in other regions of China. The seroprevalence of H5N1 infection was associated with test method, sampling time and demographic characteristics of humans. However, there was no significant difference in the effect of gender on the seroprevalence of H5N1 among humans in China. The purpose of this review was to better understand the real infection rate of H5N1 virus among humans and evaluate the potential risk factors for the zoonotic spread of H5N1 virus to humans. Sufficient epidemiological data are important to explore and understand the prevalent status of AIVs throughout the country and to disease control.

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“…The meta-analysis was conducted according to the guidelines of the Moose-recommendations [ 18 ]. Review Manager 5.3 software provided by Cochrane was applied for meta-analysis.…”

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Meta‐Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials of the Effects of Tai Chi on Blood Pressure

Dong

Ding

2020

Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

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Objectives. The purpose of this study was to investigate the influences of Tai Chi on blood pressure (BP) using the meta-analysis. Methods. This paper used 6 e-resource databases, and randomized controlled trials on the role of Tai Chi on blood pressure were retrieved. Besides, the meta-analysis was conducted according to the guidelines of the Moose-recommendations and applied with Review Manager 5.3, and the risk of bias assessment was performed with the Cochrane Collaboration’s tool. The inclusion, data extraction, and risk of bias assessment were independently finished by two researchers. Results. There are 24 trials meeting the criteria of inclusion and the results were reviewed. The meta-analysis indicates that, compared with no exercise, Tai Chi had the influence of lowering systolic blood pressure (mean difference = −6.07, 95%CI (−8.75, −3.39), P < 0.00001 ) and diastolic blood pressure (mean difference MD = −3.83, 95%CI (−4.97, −2.69), P < 0.00001 ). No significant discrepancies in all outcomes between Tai Chi and other aerobic exercises were discovered. Conclusion. Tai Chi can significantly reduce systolic and diastolic pressure than inactivity. However, Tai Chi does not show advantages in reducing blood pressure compared to other aerobic exercises. The trial is registered with CRD42020175306.

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Moose on the loose: checklist for meta-analyses of observational studies

Cited by 22 publications

References 8 publications

Intravascular ultrasound-guided percutaneous coronary intervention for patients with coronary bifurcation lesions

Intravascular ultrasound-guided percutaneous coronary intervention for patients with coronary bifurcation lesions

Seroprevalence of highly pathogenic avian influenza (H5N1) virus infection among humans in mainland China: A systematic review and meta‐analysis

Meta‐Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials of the Effects of Tai Chi on Blood Pressure

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