title: CONSORT statement requires closer examination.
authors.forename: Douglas G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Altman
authors.forename: Kenneth F
authors.initials: KF
authors.lastname: Schulz
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Moher
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D018570:Risk Assessment / Q000379:methods; D040242:Risk Reduction Behavior