About the Authors
- Thomas P. A. Debray
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* E-mail: T.Debray@umcutrecht.nl
Affiliations Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands, The Dutch Cochrane Centre, Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
- Richard D. Riley
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Affiliation Research Institute for Primary Care and Health Sciences, Keele University, Staffordshire, The United Kingdom
- Maroeska M. Rovers
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Affiliation Radboud Institute for Health Sciences, Radboudumc Nijmegen, The Netherlands
- Johannes B. Reitsma
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Affiliations Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands, The Dutch Cochrane Centre, Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
- Karel G. M. Moons
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Affiliations Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands, The Dutch Cochrane Centre, Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
- Cochrane IPD Meta-analysis Methods group
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¶Membership of the Cochrane IPD Meta-analysis Methods group is listed in the Acknowledgments.
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Wrote the first draft of the manuscript: TPAD. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: RDR MMR JBR KGMM CIPDMMG. Agree with the manuscript’s results and conclusions: TPAD RDR MMR JBR KGMM CIPDMMG.