A review of published analyses of case-cohort studies and recommendations for future reporting.
The case-cohort study design combines the advantages of a cohort study with the efficiency of a nested case-control study. However, unlike more standard observational study designs, there are currently no guidelines for reporting results from case-cohort studies. Our aim was to review recent practic...
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| description | The case-cohort study design combines the advantages of a cohort study with the efficiency of a nested case-control study. However, unlike more standard observational study designs, there are currently no guidelines for reporting results from case-cohort studies. Our aim was to review recent practice in reporting these studies, and develop recommendations for the future. By searching papers published in 24 major medical and epidemiological journals between January 2010 and March 2013 using PubMed, Scopus and Web of Knowledge, we identified 32 papers reporting case-cohort studies. The median subcohort sampling fraction was 4.1% (interquartile range 3.7% to 9.1%). The papers varied in their approaches to describing the numbers of individuals in the original cohort and the subcohort, presenting descriptive data, and in the level of detail provided about the statistical methods used, so it was not always possible to be sure that appropriate analyses had been conducted. Based on the findings of our review, we make recommendations about reporting of the study design, subcohort definition, numbers of participants, descriptive information and statistical methods, which could be used alongside existing STROBE guidelines for reporting observational studies. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-56da4c81b39e42649c181d2cdfff79f02022-12-21T19:16:33ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032014-01-0196e10117610.1371/journal.pone.0101176A review of published analyses of case-cohort studies and recommendations for future reporting.Stephen J SharpManon PoulaliouSimon G ThompsonIan R WhiteAngela M WoodThe case-cohort study design combines the advantages of a cohort study with the efficiency of a nested case-control study. However, unlike more standard observational study designs, there are currently no guidelines for reporting results from case-cohort studies. Our aim was to review recent practice in reporting these studies, and develop recommendations for the future. By searching papers published in 24 major medical and epidemiological journals between January 2010 and March 2013 using PubMed, Scopus and Web of Knowledge, we identified 32 papers reporting case-cohort studies. The median subcohort sampling fraction was 4.1% (interquartile range 3.7% to 9.1%). The papers varied in their approaches to describing the numbers of individuals in the original cohort and the subcohort, presenting descriptive data, and in the level of detail provided about the statistical methods used, so it was not always possible to be sure that appropriate analyses had been conducted. Based on the findings of our review, we make recommendations about reporting of the study design, subcohort definition, numbers of participants, descriptive information and statistical methods, which could be used alongside existing STROBE guidelines for reporting observational studies.http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4074158?pdf=render |
| spellingShingle | Stephen J Sharp Manon Poulaliou Simon G Thompson Ian R White Angela M Wood A review of published analyses of case-cohort studies and recommendations for future reporting. PLoS ONE |
| title | A review of published analyses of case-cohort studies and recommendations for future reporting. |
| title_full | A review of published analyses of case-cohort studies and recommendations for future reporting. |
| title_fullStr | A review of published analyses of case-cohort studies and recommendations for future reporting. |
| title_full_unstemmed | A review of published analyses of case-cohort studies and recommendations for future reporting. |
| title_short | A review of published analyses of case-cohort studies and recommendations for future reporting. |
| title_sort | review of published analyses of case cohort studies and recommendations for future reporting |
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