mag {metaplus}

Magnesium meta-analysis data

Description

Data for a meta-analysis of intravenous magnesium in acute myocardial infarction. An interesting question is whether the ISIS4 study is an outlier.

Usage

mag

Format

A data frame with 16 observations on the following 3 variables.

study

study author

yi

study effect estimate

sei

study standard error

Source

Sterne et al (2001)

References

Sterne, J. A. C., Bradburn, M. J., & Egger, M. (2001). Meta-analysis in Stata. In M. Egger, G. D. Smith, & D. G. Altman (Eds.), Systematic Reviews in Health Care: Meta-Analysis in Context (pp. 347-369). BMJ Publishing Group.

Examples

data(mag)
mag1 <- metaplus(yi, sei, plotci = TRUE, slab = study, cores = 1, data = mag)
plot(mag1)