Concerning Sichieri R, Cunha DB: Obes Facts 2014;7:221-232. The Assertion that Controlling for Baseline (Pre-Randomization) Covariates in Randomized Controlled Trials Leads to Bias Is False
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a Office of Energetics and Nutrition Obesity Research Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL , USA; b Department of Food, Nutrition, and Packaging Sciences, Clemson University, Clemson, SC , USA; c Division of Biostatistics, Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA , USA; d Division of Epidemiology and Minnesota Population Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN , USA
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