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Beta blockers to prevent mortality after MI
Description
Data frame containing the number of deaths in 22 trials comparing beta blockers vs. control for preventing mortality after myocardial infarction (Carlin 1992; Dias et al. 2011).
Usage
blocker
Format
A data frame with 44 rows and 5 variables:
- studyn
numeric study ID
- trtn
numeric treatment code
- trtc
treatment name
- r
total number of events
- n
total number of individuals
References
Carlin JB (1992).
“Meta-analysis for 2 x 2 tables: A bayesian approach.”
Statistics in Medicine, 11(2), 141–158.
doi:10.1002/sim.4780110202.
Dias S, Welton NJ, Sutton AJ, Ades AE (2011).
“NICE DSU Technical Support Document 2: A generalised linear modelling framework for pair-wise and network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials.”
National Institute for Health and Care Excellence.
https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/nice-dsu.