Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology (STROBE): Explanation and Elaboration
- Jan P. Vandenbroucke, MD;
- Erik von Elm, MD;
- Douglas G. Altman, DSc;
- Peter C. Gøtzsche, MD;
- Cynthia D. Mulrow, MD;
- Stuart J. Pocock, PhD;
- Charles Poole, ScD;
- James J. Schlesselman, PhD;
- Matthias Egger, MD; and
- for the STROBE initiative
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From Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands; Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of
Bern, Bern, Switzerland; University Medical Centre, Freiburg, Germany; Cancer Research UK/NHS Centre for Statistics in Medicine,
Oxford, United Kingdom; Nordic Cochrane Centre, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark; University of Texas Health Science Center,
San Antonio, Texas; London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom; University of North Carolina School
of Public Health, Chapel Hill, North Carolina; University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health and University of
Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; and University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom.
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Box 1. Main Study Designs Covered by STROBE
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Box 2. Matching in Case–Control Studies
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Box 8. Interaction (Effect Modification): The Analysis of Joint Effects
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Box 6. Missing Data: Problems and Possible Solutions
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Figure. Example of a flow diagram.From reference 141.
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Box 7. Measures of Association, Effect, and Impact
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Ann Intern Med
October 16, 2007
vol. 147
no. 8
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Box 1. Main Study Designs Covered by STROBE
Box 2. Matching in Case–Control Studies
Box 4. Grouping
Box 3. Bias
Box 5. Confounding
Box 8. Interaction (Effect Modification): The Analysis of Joint Effects
Box 6. Missing Data: Problems and Possible Solutions
Box 7. Measures of Association, Effect, and Impact
