How can different metrics be combined in meta-analysis? There are two issues to consider, one conceptual, one more technical. When studies report different ratio metrics, for example, hazard ratios, risk ratios, or odds ratios, they may be combined ignoring the differences in metrics. This may be appropriate depending on which study designs were included (cohort studies or case-control studies) and how participants were sampled in case-control studies [ 84, 85]. As a general rule, the different ratio metrics can be combined if the outcome under study is rare (<5%), which is often the case in etiologic studies. If the outcome is not rare, researchers must be more careful because the odds ratio will substantially overestimate the relative risk. This property of the odds ratio is a reflection of the fact that for non-rare outcomes, the odds is larger than the risk (for example, if the risk is 0.8, the corresponding odds is 4).

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Please consider the above points very carefully before proceeding with an operation to replace the fan in your existing power supply! Austin PC. An Introduction to Propensity Score Methods for Reducing the Effects of Confounding in Observational Studies. Multivariate Behav Res. 2011;46(3):399–424. pmid:21818162

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Diversity in study settings also may provide insights. Lifestyle factors such as smoking, physical activity, sexual behaviour, or diet are exposures of interest in many observational studies, but they are highly correlated in Western societies. Their independent effects, for example, on cancer risk, are therefore difficult to disentangle. The inclusion of studies in special populations, for example, defined by religion or geographical regions with different lifestyle patterns, may therefore help understand (residual) confounding. Similarly, studies that measured exposures and confounding factors more or less precisely, used different methods to adjust for confounding variables ( Box 4), or were generally at higher or lower risk of bias will be valuable in this context. For example, a meta-analysis showed that the relationship between induced abortion and breast cancer was evident in case-control studies but not in cohort studies [ 68]: the association observed in case-control studies was probably due to recall bias. The studies included in a systematic review will generally vary with respect to design, study populations, and risk of bias [ 1]. Mapping of heterogeneity between studies [ 65] may not only provide a useful overview but also help decide whether or not to combine studies statistically in a meta-analysis. Such diversity may provide opportunities for additional insights and can explicitly be exploited [ 66]. For example, the association of Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis (MAP) with Crohn disease was examined in a review of case-control studies that compared cases of Crohn disease with controls free of inflammatory bowel disease or with ulcerative colitis patients [ 67]. The association was strong for both comparisons, indicating that the association with MAP is specific to Crohn disease and not a general (epi)phenomenon in inflammatory bowel disease (see also Box 4 on negative controls). Mansournia MA, Jewell NP, Greenland S. Case-control matching: effects, misconceptions, and recommendations. Eur J Epidemiol. 2018;33(1):5–14. pmid:29101596 Renehan AG, Zwahlen M, Minder C, O'Dwyer ST, Shalet SM, Egger M. Insulin-like growth factor (IGF)-I, IGF binding protein-3, and cancer risk: systematic review and meta-regression analysis. Lancet. 2004;363(9418):1346–53. pmid:15110491

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Juni P, Witschi A, Bloch R, Egger M. The hazards of scoring the quality of clinical trials for meta-analysis. JAMA. 1999;282(11):1054–60. pmid:10493204 The fan controller is very primitive and only allows for two fan speeds. It does not regulate fan speed based on temperature. If your motherboard has enough fan headers to support the number of fans you have in your case and your motherboard has sensors for temp and is capable of regulating fan speed based on temperature, especially if your motherboard supports a customizable temperature curve, I highly recommend using your motherboard to power your fans. Besides, if you want to know the current rpm of your fans, you’re not going to get that information from the case fan controller. Lipsitch M, Tchetgen Tchetgen E, Cohen T. Negative controls: a tool for detecting confounding and bias in observational studies. Epidemiology. 2010;21(3):383–8. pmid:20335814

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