Trial Characteristics and Appropriateness of Statistical Methods Applied for Design and Analysis of Randomized School-Based Studies Addressing Weight-Related Issues: A Literature Review.

Conclusion: Although application of appropriate models has increased over the years, consideration of clustering effects in power analysis has been inadequate, as has report of estimated ICC. To increase rigor, future school-based trials should address these issues at both the design and analysis stages. PMID: 30046468 [PubMed - in process]

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Source: Journal of Obesity - July 28, 2018 Category: Eating Disorders & Weight Management Tags: J Obes Source Type: research

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