Table 2 Generic REMARK profile
From: Structured reporting to improve transparency of analyses in prognostic marker studies
| Part a: Patients, treatments, and variables | ||||
| Study and marker | Remarks | |||
| Marker | M = main predictor | |||
| Further variables | v1, v2, v3, etc. | |||
| Patients | n | Remarks | ||
| Assessed for eligibility | Disease | |||
| Patient source | ||||
| Excluded | Numbers and reasons for exclusions | |||
| Included | Inclusion criteria | |||
| Outcome(s) and number of events | Overall, perhaps also in subgroups | |||
| Part b: Statistical analyses | ||||
| Analysis | Patients | Events | Variables considered | Results/remarks |
| IDA: initial data analysis | n | m | V1, V2, ... | For example, description of patient characteristics, data screening, handling of missing data |
| A1: univariable analysis of M | M | Page in manuscript, table, or figure | ||
| A2: model 1 or subgroup or sensitivity analysis | ||||
| C1: model evaluation or diagnostics, check of assumptions | ||||
| A3: model 2 | ||||
| P1: presentation of function | ||||