Beware of studies combining outcomes

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Kevin Lomangino warns on HealthNewsReview.org about the dangers in reporting on studies that use composite outcomes to gain greater statistical power: "When these studies report a benefit, reporters should evaluate whether there was a similar effect on all components of the composite; if not, they should identify which component of the composite was primarily responsible for the result, and explain whether that component is more or less important than the others."

January 4, 2013

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