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Topic	Participants	Replies	Views	Activity
What TRIUMPH is designed to answer, and why we should not pre-empt it — does this still hold? Compounds › Retatrutide randomised trial effect size TRIUMPH programme retatrutide Solved Asking directly, because I could not find a straight answer: What TRIUMPH is designed to answer, and why we should not pre-empt it — does this still hold? An honest uncertainty about TRIUMPH rather than a…	+43	47	5.5k	just now
Journal club: indirect comparison between two programmes, defended and attacked Evidence › Journal club journal club randomised trial number needed to treat risk of bias Journal club: indirect comparison between two programmes, defended and attacked Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. Trying to work out what would count as…	+122	131	5.2k	just now
Journal club: LEADER as the historical anchor Evidence › Journal club estimand number needed to treat journal club effect size Pinned Journal club: LEADER as the historical anchor Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. What changes if the standard account of LEADER is wrong? I ask because I have…	+103	110	8.1k	2h
When a network meta-analysis is defensible and when it is not Evidence › Meta-analyses effect size heterogeneity publication bias Solved When a network meta-analysis is defensible and when it is not I have a specific reason for asking rather than idle curiosity, and the context is below. Network meta-analysis, from the point of view of someone…		2	27k	4h
What TRIUMPH is designed to answer, and why we should not pre-empt it Compounds › Retatrutide retatrutide effect size TRIUMPH programme preprint Solved What TRIUMPH is designed to answer, and why we should not pre-empt it I have a specific reason for asking rather than idle curiosity, and the context is below. TRIUMPH keeps being re-asked here and I think…	+4	8	142	6h
[2026 update] Correlation in a self-tracked dataset: what it can support Research Methods › Statistics number needed to treat effect size worked example heterogeneity Posting this under the heading it deserves: Correlation in a self-tracked dataset: what it can support Everything below is what sits behind that. Posting a small dataset on Correlation. It is mine, it is…		2	31k	6h
SURPASS-2 and the comparator dose question that will not go away — what changed since Compounds › Tirzepatide SURMOUNT programme tirzepatide effect size Posting this under the heading it deserves: SURPASS-2 and the comparator dose question that will not go away — what changed since Everything below is what sits behind that. What changes if the standard…	+2	6	5.5k	7h
A 40-week log with the measurement method stated — what changed since Outcomes › Progress reports effect size data table DXA long read Solved A 40-week log with the measurement method stated — what changed since Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. Posting a small dataset on 40-week log. It is mine, it…	+9	13	2.1k	9h
Seven-day rolling means and why weekly readings mislead Outcomes › Progress reports data table DXA effect size long read Seven-day rolling means and why weekly readings mislead Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. Posting a series rather than a conclusion, with the method first.…	+109	125	42k	10h
Comparing my trajectory with the trial curves, carefully — a second dataset Outcomes › Progress reports effect size data table long read Comparing my trajectory with the trial curves, carefully — a second dataset — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. Maintenance rather than loss, which is the part of this that…	+77	81	16k	11h
An 18-month record including the parts that went badly Outcomes › Progress reports data table long read effect size DXA An 18-month record including the parts that went badly — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. Asking about 18-month record on behalf of the question I keep seeing asked badly,…	+77	81	17k	12h
Journal club: STEP 8 and the fairness of the comparator dose — a second dataset Evidence › Journal club risk of bias journal club effect size estimand Posting this under the heading it deserves: Journal club: STEP 8 and the fairness of the comparator dose — a second dataset Everything below is what sits behind that. Posting a small dataset on STEP 8. It is…	+18	22	656	13h
About the N-of-1 designs category Research Methods › N-of-1 designs worked example confounding effect size Pinned Wiki Designing a personal experiment that could actually change your mind, including washouts and blinding. This post is a community wiki: any member at trust level 3 or above can edit it, and every edit is…		4	22k	14h
Journal club: semaglutide in MASH, and surrogate endpoints Evidence › Journal club randomised trial journal club effect size risk of bias Posting this under the heading it deserves: Journal club: semaglutide in MASH, and surrogate endpoints Everything below is what sits behind that. Working notes on semaglutide in MASH rather than a conclusion.…	+24	28	17k	15h
Journal club: STEP 1 and the treatment-policy estimand — does this still hold? Evidence › Journal club randomised trial risk of bias effect size journal club Asking directly, because I could not find a straight answer: Journal club: STEP 1 and the treatment-policy estimand — does this still hold? Working notes on STEP 1 rather than a conclusion. I would rather…	+70	76	4.8k	15h
A structured critique template this community uses — a second dataset Evidence › Study critique observational data effect size confounding Solved On the subject in the title: A structured critique template this community uses — a second dataset Working notes rather than a conclusion. Posting a small dataset on structured critique template. It is mine,…	+47	51	16k	15h
Molecular mass of semaglutide and why the figure differs between sources Compounds › Semaglutide SELECT trial effect size semaglutide STEP programme Molecular mass of semaglutide and why the figure differs between sources — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. Putting the numbers in the first post, because a question about a…	+101	110	12k	16h
Revisiting: Hepatic effects of glucagon receptor agonism: the mechanistic worry Compounds › Retatrutide retatrutide randomised trial effect size preprint Solved Revisiting: Hepatic effects of glucagon receptor agonism: the mechanistic worry Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. A methods question rather than a substantive…	+10	14	8.4k	16h
A critique that turned out to be unfair, retracted by its author Evidence › Study critique confounding risk of bias effect size observational data Wiki Posting this under the heading it deserves: A critique that turned out to be unfair, retracted by its author Everything below is what sits behind that. Critique, and specifically the version of it that the…	+34	38	20k	17h
What the GIP component of tirzepatide is thought to contribute, and how confident we can be Compounds › Tirzepatide tirzepatide SURPASS programme SURMOUNT programme effect size Solved What the GIP component of tirzepatide is thought to contribute, and how confident we can be I have a specific reason for asking rather than idle curiosity, and the context is below. I would like to know what…	+16	20	23k	19h
Revisiting: What pooling buys you and what it destroys Evidence › Meta-analyses heterogeneity effect size publication bias Solved On the subject in the title: Revisiting: What pooling buys you and what it destroys Working notes rather than a conclusion. Pooling buys — I have the observation and I do not trust my interpretation of it, so…	+97	107	4k	19h
Why retatrutide discussion here is more cautious than elsewhere — one year on Compounds › Retatrutide TRIUMPH programme effect size preprint retatrutide Asking directly, because I could not find a straight answer: Why retatrutide discussion here is more cautious than elsewhere — one year on Two things I would like separated before anyone answers on…	+92	97	3.6k	20h
Journal club: the CagriSema phase 2 combination paper Evidence › Journal club randomised trial estimand effect size On the subject in the title: Journal club: the CagriSema phase 2 combination paper Working notes rather than a conclusion. CagriSema phase 2 combination paper — I have the observation and I do not trust my…		2	329	21h
[2026 update] Waist circumference technique and its repeatability Outcomes › Progress reports DXA long read effect size data table Posting this under the heading it deserves: Waist circumference technique and its repeatability Everything below is what sits behind that. An honest uncertainty about Waist circumference technique rather than…	+23	27	5.9k	21h
Retatrutide mass and identity: what a report should show Compounds › Retatrutide TRIUMPH programme preprint retatrutide effect size Solved Posting this under the heading it deserves: Retatrutide mass and identity: what a report should show Everything below is what sits behind that. The question about retatrutide mass and identity that I actually…	+22	27	872	22h
Why cagrilintide alone is discussed so much less than in combination — does this still hold? Compounds › Cagrilintide & amylin analogues cagrisema randomised trial cagrilintide effect size Solved Under review Why cagrilintide alone is discussed so much less than in combination — does this still hold? — that is the question, and I have not found it answered plainly anywhere I have looked. Cagrilintide alone:…	+27	31	1.2k	22h
Immortal time bias in a claims-database study — one year on Evidence › Study critique effect size risk of bias confounding Solved Posting this under the heading it deserves: Immortal time bias in a claims-database study — one year on Everything below is what sits behind that. I would like to disagree carefully with the settled view on…	+41	46	3.7k	22h
Blinding yourself: practical methods and their limits — the long version Research Methods › N-of-1 designs worked example effect size confounding data table Blinding yourself: practical methods and their limits — the long version Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. A narrow question about Blinding yourself,…	+7	11	1.8k	22h
Journal club: what we got wrong in an earlier session Evidence › Journal club number needed to treat effect size randomised trial journal club On the subject in the title: Journal club: what we got wrong in an earlier session Working notes rather than a conclusion. Bringing a claim rather than a paper, because the claim is the thing circulating. The…	+114	125	2.5k	23h
Risk-of-bias tools and the judgement they conceal — does this still hold? Evidence › Meta-analyses heterogeneity risk of bias effect size publication bias Solved Risk-of-bias tools and the judgement they conceal — does this still hold? — that is the question, and I have not found it answered plainly anywhere I have looked. Asking about Risk-of-bias tools on behalf of…	+26	30	5.8k	23h

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