Should we ignore covariate imbalance and stop presenting a stratified 'table one' for randomized trials?

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I point them to the CONSORT statement, the very guidelines most of them require authors to follow!

http://www.consort-statement.org/checklists/view/32--consort-2010/510-baseline-data

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There is much good there (although they provided an erroneous definition of the p-value) but Iā€™m sorry to see the unquestioning stance of stratifying by treatment. The main thing this accomplishes is casting doubt on perfectly good RCTs.

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