meta.lc.odds {vcmeta}

Confidence interval for a log-linear contrast of odds ratios

Description

Computes the estimate, standard error, and confidence interval for an exponentiated log-linear contrast of odds ratios from two or more studies.

Usage

meta.lc.odds(alpha, f1, f2, n1, n2, v)

Arguments

alpha

alpha level for 1-alpha confidence

f1

vector of group 1 frequency counts

f2

vector of group 2 frequency counts

n1

vector of group 1 sample sizes

n2

vector of group 2 sample sizes

v

vector of contrast coefficients

Value

Returns 1-row matrix with the following columns:

• Estimate - estimated log-linear contrast

• SE - standard error of log-linear contrast

• exp(Estimate) - exponentiated log-linear contrast

• exp(LL) - lower limit of the exponentiated confidence interval

• exp(UL) - upper limit of the exponentiated confidence interval

References

Bonett DG, Price RM (2015). “Varying coefficient meta-analysis methods for odds ratios and risk ratios.” Psychological Methods, 20(3), 394–406. ISSN 1939-1463, doi:10.1037/met0000032.

Examples

n1 <- c(50, 150, 150)
f1 <- c(16, 50, 25)
n2 <- c(50, 150, 150)
f2 <- c(7, 15, 20)
v <- c(1, -1, 0)
meta.lc.odds(.05, f1, f2, n1, n2, v)

# Should return:
#            Estimate        SE  exp(Estimate)   exp(LL)  exp(UL)
# Contrast -0.4596883 0.5895438      0.6314805 0.1988563 2.005305