cholesterol {metaLik}

Serum cholesterol data.

Description

Data from 28 randomized trials about the effect of serum cholesterol reduction on the risk of ischaemic heart disease.

Usage

data(cholesterol)

Format

heart_disease

log odds ratio of ischaemic heart disease.

chol_reduction

average serum cholesterol reduction measured in mmol/l.

sigma2

estimated within-study variance.

Source

Law, M.R., Wald, N.J., and Thompson, S.G. (1994). By How Much and How Quickly Does Reduction in Serum Cholesterol Concentration Lower Risk of Ischaemic Heart Disease? British Medical Journal 308, 367–373.

Thompson, S.G. and Sharp, S.J. (1999). Explaining Heterogeneity in Meta-Analysis: A Comparison of Methods. Statistics in Medicine 18, 2693–2708.

Examples

data(cholesterol)