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Meta-analysis Master List

19 pooled-evidence references curated across our compound and topic universe. Each entry is a meta-analysis, systematic review, or pooled cohort analysis with a resolvable DOI or registry locator.

What this list is

A meta-analysis pools effect sizes across studies, weights each by inverse variance, and produces a summary estimate plus heterogeneity statistics. A systematic review applies an explicit search protocol and inclusion criteria to the same body of evidence. Both sit at the top of the standard study-design hierarchy because they aggregate signal across designs and populations, reducing single-trial bias.

Each entry below is filtered from our citation registry by a methodological keyword scan (meta-analysis, systematic review, Cochrane, pooled cohort, position stand). The list is grouped by topic, dated, and each entry links to the canonical DOI.

For the literacy floor on how to read these papers (effect sizes, I-squared, GRADE, p-value misuse), see our pillar article How to Read Health Research.

How to use it

  • Start with the topic group that matches your question. Each group lists strongest-by-design first within the year-sorted order.
  • For meta-analyses, check the year. A 2003 meta is still cited because the dose-response is mechanistic; a 2010 cardiovascular meta may have been superseded by a 2019 update.
  • Where a meta-analysis has been overturned by a later RCT (omega-3, niacin, HRT), the relevant dissent is captured in the related article on our site, not in this list. This page is the index of pooled evidence; the articles are where contradictions live.
  • Each entry has a resolvable DOI. If a link 404s, file a correction (link below) and we will fix the registry.

Cardiometabolic (4)

Longevity & biological aging (3)

Fitness & resistance training (3)

Recovery (3)

Sleep (1)

Hormones (2)

Methodology & evidence appraisal (3)

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Corrections

Spotted a meta-analysis that belongs here, a broken DOI, or a description that overstates a finding? Email corrections@biologicalx.com with the registry key or the DOI and we will reconcile it on the next build.