代谢数据对流行病学元分析提出了挑战:来自ECHO联盟的儿童体重指数的案例研究

Nicole Prince1, Donghai Liang2, Youran Tan2

  • 1Channing Division of Network Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.

概括

这种对母体代谢物和后代BMI的元分析在对多重测试进行校正后没有发现任何显著的关联. 该研究强调了代谢流行病学方面的挑战以及对标准化实践的需求.

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