Assessing risk factors with information beyond P value thresholds: Statistical significance does not equal clinical importance

Mary E Putt

doi:10.1002/cncr.33369

Assessing risk factors with information beyond P value thresholds: Statistical significance does not equal clinical importance

Cancer. 2021 Apr 15;127(8):1180-1185. doi: 10.1002/cncr.33369. Epub 2020 Dec 22.

Author

Mary E Putt¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Informatics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

PMID: 33351186
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.33369

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Keywords: P values; clinical importance; confidence intervals; forest plots; prespecified effect size; risk factors; statistical power; statistical significance; winner's curse.

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MeSH terms

Genome, Human*
Genome-Wide Association Study*
Humans
Risk Factors

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