2020
Updating insights into rosiglitazone and cardiovascular risk through shared data: individual patient and summary level meta-analyses
Wallach JD, Wang K, Zhang AD, Cheng D, Grossetta Nardini HK, Lin H, Bracken MB, Desai M, Krumholz HM, Ross JS. Updating insights into rosiglitazone and cardiovascular risk through shared data: individual patient and summary level meta-analyses. The BMJ 2020, 368: l7078. PMID: 32024657, PMCID: PMC7190063, DOI: 10.1136/bmj.l7078.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIndividual patient-level dataCardiovascular related deathsCardiovascular riskMyocardial infarctionRelated deathsSummary-level dataHeart failureOdds ratioSystematic reviewIncreased cardiovascular riskMore myocardial infarctionsHeart failure eventsCochrane Central RegistryAcute myocardial infarctionMyocardial infarction eventsPatient-level dataRandom-effects modelWeb of ScienceAnalysis of trialsEligible trialsComposite outcomeAdverse eventsContinuity correctionControlled TrialsRosiglitazone treatment
2014
The association of indoor tanning and melanoma in adults: Systematic review and meta-analysis
Colantonio S, Bracken MB, Beecker J. The association of indoor tanning and melanoma in adults: Systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal Of The American Academy Of Dermatology 2014, 70: 847-857.e18. PMID: 24629998, DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2013.11.050.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTanning bedsOdds ratioTanning sessionsGeneric inverse variance methodAssociation of melanomaSubsequent melanoma diagnosesIndoor tanningConfidence intervalsInverse variance methodQuality of evidenceAllied Health LiteratureRisk of melanomaRandom-effects modelObservational studyCumulative IndexIndoor tanning bedsMelanoma casesHealth LiteratureSystematic reviewMelanomaSimilar findingsMelanoma diagnosisSignificant differencesFrequency of useYear 2000 onward