A statistical method for removing unbalanced trials with multiple covariates in meta-analysis

• Massimo Attanasio,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche, Aziendali e Statistiche, Università di Palermo, Palermo, Italy

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2684-5530

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• Fabio Aiello ,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: fabio.aiello@unikore.it

  Affiliation Facoltà di Scienze Economiche e Giuridiche, Università “Kore” di Enna, Enna, Italy

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5494-5179

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• Fabio Tinè

  Roles Data curation, Supervision, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Azienda Sanitaria Universitaria Giuliano Isontina (ASI GI), Trieste, Italy

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