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How should covariates be handled in randomized trials? Empirical evidence from 50 trials and recommendations for practice

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Yulin Shao
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Liangbo Lyu
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Menggang Yu
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Bingkai Wang *
DOI:10.1016/j.jclinepi.2026.112374delete
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What is new?. • Covariate adjustment improved precision in most randomized trials. • Precision gains were greater for continuous than for binary outcomes. • Parsimonious regression adjustment matched or outperformed complex methods.
Keywords:
randomized clinical trials
covariate adjustment
statistical analysis plan
precision
prognostic variables
causal inference
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