Fuliang Shangguan

Jan 9, 2025 | journals.plos.org | Hui Liu |Fuliang Shangguan |Fen Liu |Yu Guo

Loading metrics Open AccessStudy Protocol Citation: Liu H, Shangguan F, Liu F, Guo Y, Yu H, Li H, et al. (2025) Evaluating the effects of time-restricted eating on overweight and obese women with polycystic ovary syndrome: A randomized controlled trial study protocol. PLoS ONE 20(1): e0316333.

Oct 30, 2024 | bmjopen.bmj.com | Hui Liu |Yu Guo |Juping Yu |Fuliang Shangguan

Assessment of similarity and consistencySimilarity and consistency are two main factors that should be evaluated to obtain valid and credible results. Similarity will be assessed according to clinical and methodological characteristics owing to the challenges in clarifying similarity by statistical analysis. Study designs, participant characteristics and interventions will be assessed. Local inconsistency will be evaluated using the node-splitting analysis.