dat.annane {altmeta}

A Meta-Analysis for Comparing the Effect of Steroids vs. Control in the Length of Intensive Care Unit (ICU) Stay

Description

This dataset serves as an example of meta-analysis of mean differences.

Usage

data("dat.annane")

Format

A data frame with 12 studies with the following 5 variables within each study.

y

point esimates of mean differences.

s2

sample variances of mean differences.

n1

sample sizes in treatment group 1 (steroids).

n2

sample sizes in treatment group 2 (control).

n

total sample sizes.

Source

Annane D, Bellissant E, Bollaert PE, Briegel J, Keh D, Kupfer Y (2015). "Corticosteroids for treating sepsis." Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 12, Art. No.: CD002243. <doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD002243.pub3>