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Topic	Participants	Replies	Views	Activity
Journal club: indirect comparison between two programmes, defended and attacked Evidence › Journal club journal club randomised trial number needed to treat risk of bias Journal club: indirect comparison between two programmes, defended and attacked Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. Comparing SUSTAIN 6 ( N Engl J Med , 2016)…	+122	131	5.2k	just now
Journal club: STEP 1 and the treatment-policy estimand Evidence › Journal club journal club randomised trial number needed to treat risk of bias Journal club: STEP 1 and the treatment-policy estimand Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. Comparing SUSTAIN 6 ( N Engl J Med , 2016) with STEP 8 ( JAMA , 2022)…		3	11k	9h
Journal club: STEP 8 and the fairness of the comparator dose — a second dataset Evidence › Journal club risk of bias journal club effect size estimand Posting this under the heading it deserves: Journal club: STEP 8 and the fairness of the comparator dose — a second dataset Everything below is what sits behind that. Session topic: SURPASS-2 ( N Engl J Med ,…	+18	22	656	13h
Journal club: semaglutide in MASH, and surrogate endpoints Evidence › Journal club randomised trial journal club effect size risk of bias Posting this under the heading it deserves: Journal club: semaglutide in MASH, and surrogate endpoints Everything below is what sits behind that. Comparing SCALE ( N Engl J Med , 2015) with SURMOUNT-2 (…	+24	28	17k	15h
Journal club: STEP 1 and the treatment-policy estimand — does this still hold? Evidence › Journal club randomised trial risk of bias effect size journal club Asking directly, because I could not find a straight answer: Journal club: STEP 1 and the treatment-policy estimand — does this still hold? Comparing STEP 2 ( Lancet , 2021) with SURPASS-2 ( N Engl J Med ,…	+70	76	4.8k	15h
A critique that turned out to be unfair, retracted by its author Evidence › Study critique confounding risk of bias effect size observational data Wiki Posting this under the heading it deserves: A critique that turned out to be unfair, retracted by its author Everything below is what sits behind that. Session topic: SURMOUNT-4 ( JAMA , 2024). Please read it…	+34	38	20k	17h
Coming back to: A structured critique template this community uses Evidence › Study critique confounding risk of bias disputed observational data Posting this under the heading it deserves: A structured critique template this community uses Everything below is what sits behind that. Comparing STEP 8 ( JAMA , 2022) with SURMOUNT-1 ( N Engl J Med , 2022)…	+63	69	17k	18h
Immortal time bias in a claims-database study — one year on Evidence › Study critique effect size risk of bias confounding Solved Posting this under the heading it deserves: Immortal time bias in a claims-database study — one year on Everything below is what sits behind that. Comparing SURPASS-2 ( N Engl J Med , 2021) with SURMOUNT-1 (…	+41	46	3.7k	22h
Risk-of-bias tools and the judgement they conceal — does this still hold? Evidence › Meta-analyses heterogeneity risk of bias effect size publication bias Solved Risk-of-bias tools and the judgement they conceal — does this still hold? — that is the question, and I have not found it answered plainly anywhere I have looked. Comparing SURPASS-2 ( N Engl J Med , 2021)…	+26	30	5.8k	23h
Pooling trials with different estimands Evidence › Meta-analyses publication bias risk of bias effect size meta-analysis Solved On the subject in the title: Pooling trials with different estimands Working notes rather than a conclusion. Comparing SELECT ( N Engl J Med , 2023) with SURMOUNT-1 ( N Engl J Med , 2022) and finding the…	+120	132	2.3k	1d
A structured critique template this community uses Evidence › Study critique observational data effect size risk of bias A structured critique template this community uses — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. Comparing SURMOUNT-2 ( Lancet , 2023) with SURPASS-4 ( Lancet , 2021) and finding the…		2	18k	1d
Selection into a registry and what it does to the estimate — a second dataset Evidence › Study critique confounding risk of bias effect size disputed Solved Posting this under the heading it deserves: Selection into a registry and what it does to the estimate — a second dataset Everything below is what sits behind that. Session topic: SURMOUNT-4 ( JAMA , 2024).…	+28	32	1.3k	1d
Revisiting: How this community labels and discusses unrefereed work Evidence › Preprints needs a source risk of bias preprint effect size Solved Revisiting: How this community labels and discusses unrefereed work Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. I have seen SURMOUNT-OSA ( N Engl J Med , 2024) cited in…	+31	35	7k	1d
Journal club: SUSTAIN 6 and its retinopathy signal Evidence › Journal club estimand effect size risk of bias journal club Under review On the subject in the title: Journal club: SUSTAIN 6 and its retinopathy signal Working notes rather than a conclusion. I have seen SELECT ( N Engl J Med , 2023) cited in support of a claim I do not think it…	+110	122	46k	1d
Coming back to: Why a preprint's supplementary material is often the best part Evidence › Preprints risk of bias effect size preprint Under review Why a preprint's supplementary material is often the best part — that is the question, and I have not found it answered plainly anywhere I have looked. Comparing SURPASS-2 ( N Engl J Med , 2021) with STEP 4 (…	+109	116	36k	2d
Revisiting: Journal club: SURMOUNT-OSA and a hard endpoint in a soft field Evidence › Journal club estimand risk of bias number needed to treat Revisiting: Journal club: SURMOUNT-OSA and a hard endpoint in a soft field — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. Comparing LEADER ( N Engl J Med , 2016) with SUSTAIN 6 ( N Engl…	+108	122	52k	7d
Revisiting: Journal club: SURMOUNT-1, read without the press release Evidence › Journal club number needed to treat effect size risk of bias journal club Solved On the subject in the title: Revisiting: Journal club: SURMOUNT-1, read without the press release Working notes rather than a conclusion. Session topic: PIONEER 6 ( N Engl J Med , 2019). Please read it before…	+54	62	1.5k	26d
Journal club: STEP 3 and the intensive behavioural therapy floor Evidence › Journal club randomised trial journal club effect size risk of bias Posting this under the heading it deserves: Journal club: STEP 3 and the intensive behavioural therapy floor Everything below is what sits behind that. Comparing SCALE ( N Engl J Med , 2015) with STEP 4 (…	+6	10	13k	28d
Second pass at: A pooled estimate that changed when one trial was added Evidence › Meta-analyses effect size risk of bias publication bias meta-analysis Wiki On the subject in the title: Second pass at: A pooled estimate that changed when one trial was added Working notes rather than a conclusion. Session topic: SELECT ( N Engl J Med , 2023). Please read it before…	+26	30	22k	1mo
Journal club: SELECT, absolute risk, and how it was reported — a second dataset Evidence › Journal club risk of bias effect size randomised trial journal club On the subject in the title: Journal club: SELECT, absolute risk, and how it was reported — a second dataset Working notes rather than a conclusion. Comparing SURMOUNT-1 ( N Engl J Med , 2022) with SELECT ( N…		4	1.3k	1mo
How this community labels and discusses unrefereed work — the long version Evidence › Preprints needs a source effect size risk of bias Asking directly, because I could not find a straight answer: How this community labels and discusses unrefereed work — the long version I have seen SURMOUNT-1 ( N Engl J Med , 2022) cited in support of a…	+18	23	21k	2mo
About the Preprints category Evidence › Preprints preprint risk of bias needs a source Pinned Wiki Unrefereed work, clearly labelled as such, with the usual caveats stated once and taken seriously. This post is a community wiki: any member at trust level 3 or above can edit it, and every edit is recorded…	+3	7	14k	3mo
Publication bias detection and its low power — does this still hold? Evidence › Meta-analyses publication bias risk of bias meta-analysis heterogeneity Solved The question in the title: Publication bias detection and its low power — does this still hold? I will give what I have already checked below so nobody repeats it. I have seen LEADER ( N Engl J Med , 2016)…	+24	28	2.4k	3mo
The "under review" status pill and when a moderator applies it Evidence › Preprints risk of bias effect size preprint Posting this under the heading it deserves: The "under review" status pill and when a moderator applies it Everything below is what sits behind that. Session topic: SURMOUNT-4 ( JAMA , 2024). Please read it…	+96	119	17k	3mo
Coming back to: Measurement error in a self-reported exposure Evidence › Study critique risk of bias observational data effect size disputed Measurement error in a self-reported exposure — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. I have seen FLOW ( N Engl J Med , 2024) cited in support of a claim I do not think it…	+23	27	49k	3mo
Second pass at: What pooling buys you and what it destroys Evidence › Meta-analyses risk of bias meta-analysis heterogeneity Posting this under the heading it deserves: Second pass at: What pooling buys you and what it destroys Everything below is what sits behind that. I have seen STEP 8 ( JAMA , 2022) cited in support of a claim…	+32	36	19k	4mo
Prediction intervals and why they are more honest than confidence intervals Evidence › Meta-analyses heterogeneity risk of bias effect size publication bias Solved Closed Posting this under the heading it deserves: Prediction intervals and why they are more honest than confidence intervals Everything below is what sits behind that. Comparing SURMOUNT-4 ( JAMA , 2024) with FLOW…	+21	25	46k	4mo
Preprint servers and what screening they do — the long version Evidence › Preprints risk of bias effect size needs a source On the subject in the title: Preprint servers and what screening they do — the long version Working notes rather than a conclusion. Session topic: PIONEER 6 ( N Engl J Med , 2019). Please read it before…	+7	11	26k	4mo
Citing a preprint in a maintained document: our rule and its reasoning Evidence › Preprints risk of bias effect size needs a source preprint Pinned On the subject in the title: Citing a preprint in a maintained document: our rule and its reasoning Working notes rather than a conclusion. I have seen SELECT ( N Engl J Med , 2023) cited in support of a…		2	467	4mo
Journal club: PIONEER 6 as a safety trial Evidence › Journal club effect size journal club number needed to treat risk of bias Posting this under the heading it deserves: Journal club: PIONEER 6 as a safety trial Everything below is what sits behind that. Session topic: SURMOUNT-4 ( JAMA , 2024). Please read it before posting; the…	+14	18	262	5mo

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