Eze, Vivienne N.
Parry, Tom
Boone, Darren
Mallett, Sue
Halligan, Steve http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0632-5108
Funding for this research was provided by:
UCLH Biomedical Research Centre (UCLH Biomedical Research Centre)
Article History
Received: 18 July 2023
Revised: 6 September 2023
Accepted: 24 September 2023
First Online: 8 November 2023
Declarations
:
: The scientific guarantor of this publication is Steve Halligan.
: The authors of this manuscript declare no relationships with any companies whose products or services may be related to the subject matter of the article.
: Two of the authors (Tom Parry and Sue Mallett) are medical statisticians. One author (Steve Halligan) has a PhD in medical statistics.
: Written informed consent was not required for this study because it is a systematic review and meta-analysis of primary research.
: Institutional Review Board approval was not required because it is a systematic review and meta-analysis of primary research.
: This is a systematic review; by definition, all of the primary research has been published. In contrast, our secondary research has not.
: • retrospective• not applicable• performed at one institution