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Social and Behavioral Sciences

Wayne State University

2008

Alzheimer’s disease

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Measuring Overall Heterogeneity In Meta-Analyses: Application To Csf Biomarker Studies In Alzheimer’S Disease, Chengjie Xiong, Feng Gao, Yan Yan, Jingqin Luo, Yunju Sung, Gang Shi May 2008

Measuring Overall Heterogeneity In Meta-Analyses: Application To Csf Biomarker Studies In Alzheimer’S Disease, Chengjie Xiong, Feng Gao, Yan Yan, Jingqin Luo, Yunju Sung, Gang Shi

Journal of Modern Applied Statistical Methods

The interpretations of statistical inferences from meta-analyses depend on the degree of heterogeneity in the meta-analyses. Several new indices of heterogeneity in meta-analyses are proposed, and assessed the variation/difference of these indices through a large simulation study. The proposed methods are applied to biomakers of Alzheimer’s disease.