obj.forest {NMA}

Numerical objects of ranked forest plot for the synthesis results of network meta-analysis

Description

Numerical objects of ranked forest plot for the synthesis results of network meta-analysis are generated. These objects can be used to make a customized forest plot using forestplot function of forestplot package.

Usage

obj.forest(x,method="NH",digits=3,ascending=TRUE)

Arguments

x

Output object of setup

method

Estimation and prediction method. NH: Noma-Hamura's improved REML-based methods (default). REML: The ordinary REML method. fixed: Fixed-effect model.

digits

Number of decimal places

ascending

Type of order. Default is ascending order, but it can be changed to descending order changing to FALSE.

Value

Numerical objects of ranked forest plot is generated. They can be used for forestplot function of forestplot package to make a customized ranked forest plot.

• labeltext: A matrix that presents the label text table of the forestplot.

• coef: A matrix that presents the point estimates and confidence limits.

• boxsize: A vector that indicates the boxsizes.

Examples

data(heartfailure)

hf2 <- setup(study=study,trt=trt,d=d,n=n,measure="OR",ref="Placebo",data=heartfailure)

obj.forest(hf2)