The fragility of statistically significant results from clinical nutrition randomized controlled trials

Recently, a parameter called “Fragility index” (FI) has been proposed, which measureshow many events the statistical significance relies on. The lower the FI the more “fragile” the results, and thus more care should be taken when interpreting the results. Our aim in this study was to check FI of nutritional trials.

Source: Clinical Nutrition - June 4, 2019 Category: Nutrition Authors: Micha ł Pędziwiatr, Magdalena Mizera, Michał Wysocki, Piotr Małczak, Tomasz Stefura, Natalia Gajewska, Grzegorz Torbicz, Jakub Droś, Artur Kacprzyk, Piotr Major, Stanisław Kłęk, Małgorzata Bała Tags: Original article Source Type: research