dat.hipfrac {altmeta}

A Meta-Analysis on the Magnitude and Duration of Excess Mortality After Hip Fracture Among Older Men

Description

This meta-analysis serves as an example to illustrate function usage in the package altmeta.

Usage

data("dat.hipfrac")

Format

A data frame containing 17 studies with the observed effect sizes and their within-study variances.

y

the observed effect size for each collected study in the meta-analysis.

s2

the within-study variance for each study.

Source

Haentjens P, Magaziner J, Colon-Emeric CS, Vanderschueren D, Milisen K, Velkeniers B, Boonen S (2010). "Meta-analysis: excess mortality after hip fracture among older women and men". Annals of Internal Medicine, 152(6), 380–390. <doi: 10.7326/0003-4819-152-6-201003160-00008>