dat.poole {altmeta}

A Meta-Analysis for Evaluating the Effect of Mucolytic on Bronchitis/Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Description

This meta-analysis serves as an example of meta-analysis with binary outcomes.

Usage

data("dat.poole")

Format

A data frame containing 24 studies with the following 4 variables within each study.

n00

counts of non-events in treatment group 0 (placebo).

n01

counts of events in treatment group 0 (placebo).

n10

counts of non-events in treatment group 1 (mucolytic).

n11

counts of events in treatment group 1 (mucolytic).

Source

Poole P, Chong J, Cates CJ (2015). "Mucolytic agents versus placebo for chronic bronchitis or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease." Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 7, Art. No.: CD001287. <doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD001287.pub5>