A meta-analysis of individual participant data constructed to align with prior expert views: comments on Bhupathiraju et al.

J Clin Epidemiol

Department of Medicine, Stanford Prevention Research Center, Stanford University School of Medicine, Medical School Office Building, 1265 Welch Road, Mail Code 5411, Stanford, CA 94305-5411, USA; Department of Health Research and Policy, Stanford University School of Medicine, 150 Governor's Lane, HRP Redwood Building, Stanford, CA 94305-5405, USA; Department of Statistics, Stanford University School of Humanities and Sciences, Sequoia Hall, Mail Code 4065, 390 Serra Mall, Stanford, CA 94305-4020 USA; Meta-Research Innovation Center at Stanford (METRICS), Stanford University, 1070 Arastradero Road, Palo Alto, CA 94304 USA.

Published: August 2017

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