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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Published in Obes Facts on January 01, 2015

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Peng Li, Andrew W Brown, John A Dawson, Kathryn A Kaiser, Michelle M Bohan Brown, Scott W Keith, J Michael Oakes, David B Allison

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