Meta-analysis with zero-event studies: a comparative study with application to COVID-19 data.

Jia-Jin WeiEn-Xuan LinJian-Dong ShiKe YangZong-Liang HuXian-Tao ZengTie-Jun Tong

Published in: Military Medical Research (2021)

We recommend the new method to handle the zero-event studies when there are few studies in a meta-analysis, or instead use the GLMM when the number of studies is large. The double-zero-event studies may be informative, and so we suggest not excluding them.

Keyphrases

case control
systematic review
coronavirus disease
randomized controlled trial
machine learning
deep learning
meta analyses
respiratory syndrome coronavirus