Guidelines for Reporting of Statistics for Clinical Research in Urology
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Investigators submitting clinical research to European Urology are encouraged to follow guidelines for the reporting of statistics. Adoption of the guidelines will not only increase the quality of published papers, but also improve statistical knowledge in urology in general.
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All statistical analysis and reporting adhered to the Statistical Analyses and Methods in the Published Literature (SAMPL) guidelines.
“All statistical analysis and reporting adhered to recommended standards for clinical research, following the Statistical Analyses and Methods in the Published Literature (SAMPL) guidelines and standard references [19].”
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- Authors
- Assel, M., Sjoberg, D., Elders, A., Wang, X., Huo, D., Botchway, A., Delfino, K., Fan, Y., Zhao, Z., Koyama, T., Hollenbeck, B., Qin, R., Zahnd, W., Zabor, E. C., Kattan, M. W., & Vickers, A. J.
- Affiliations
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (US)
- Glasgow Caledonian University (GB)
- The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (US)
- University of Chicago (US)
- SIU Medicine (US)
- University of Minnesota (US)
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center (US)
- University of Michigan (US)
- Janssen (United States) (US)
- University of South Carolina (US)
- Cleveland Clinic (US)
- Corresponding author
- Vickers, Andrew J.
- ORCID
- Venue
- European Urology
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2019-03
- Volume
- 75
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 358-367
- ISSN
- 0302-2838 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC6391870
- OpenAlex
- W2907010595
- Cited by
- 335
- References
- 1
- Citations by year
- 2026: 61 · 2025: 60 · 2024: 75 · 2023: 58 · 2022: 30 · 2021: 23 · 2020: 21 · 2019: 7
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Locations
- European Urology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- Funders
- Sidney Kimmel Center for Prostate and Urologic Cancers
- National Cancer Institute (P50-CA92629 SPORE)
- NIH/NCI Cancer Center (P30-CA008748)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty › Meta-analysis and systematic reviews
- Physical Sciences › Mathematics › Statistics and Probability › Statistical Methods in Epidemiology
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › History and Philosophy of Science › Academic Writing and Publishing
- Keywords
- statistical reporting guidelines, clinical research, urology, statistical analysis, research quality
- MeSH terms
- Humans, Periodicals as Topic, Research Design, Urology, Guidelines as Topic, Editorial Policies, Biomedical Research, Biostatistics
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