Reviews and meta-analysis

We produce and collaborate in Cochrane reviews of Diagnostic Test Accuracy and Interventions with our knowledge of statistical meta-analysis, reference management, SAS, STATA and Cochrane methodology, but also for  prevalence estimations and other systematic reviews.

Selected projects:

• Martinez RX, Lopez-Perez L, Jiménez L, Lopez J, Losada S, Sakka R, Schepilov A. Literature Review and Expert consultation on the worldwide use of growth standard and references at the National and International levels in children and adolescents for population-based obesity estimates, monitoring, and other national-related purposes. WHO 2023 (on clearance process).

• Martinez RX, Lopez-Perez L, Jiménez L, Lopez J, Losada S, Sakka R, Schepilov A. Literature Review and Expert consultation on the worldwide use of growth standard and references at the Clinical level in children and adolescents. WHO 2023 (on clearance process).

• Huey SL, Gannon BM, Mehta NH, Shrestha N, Rogers LM, Garcia-Casal MN, Martinez RX, Lopez-Perez L, Mehta S. Selected laboratory-based biomarkers for assessing vitamin A deficiency in at-risk individuals. DTA Review. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2023, Issue 10. Art. No.: CD013742. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD013742 (on reviewing process).

• Diagnostic Test Accuracy of BMI compared with other anthropometric tests and alternative measures of adiposity to diagnose children from 10 to 19 years old with obesity (on going)

• Diagnostic Test Accuracy of BMI compared with other anthropometric tests and alternative measures of adiposity to diagnose children under 10 years of age with obesity (on going)

• Regimens of vitamin D supplementation for women during pregnancy. Cochrane systematic Review-Intervention. Oct 2019 (available here)

• Medical devices nomenclatures overview (2021) (draft published for consultation)

• Prevalence of aminoglycoside-induced hearing loss in drug-resistant tuberculosis patients: A systematic review (2021) (pubmed link)

• Serum or plasma ferritin concentration as an index of iron deficiency and overload: a Cochrane systematic review and meta-analysis of DTA (2018) (full review available)

• Accuracy and comparability of methods for measuring ferritin concentration: a systematic review and meta-analysis (2018) (pdf available)