BCG: Trials of BCG Vaccine against Tuberculosis.
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BCG	R Documentation

Trials of BCG Vaccine against Tuberculosis.

Description

Data from a meta-analysis of 13 studies of the efficacy of BCG vaccine against Tuberculosis (TB).

Usage

BCG

Format

A data frame with 13 observations on the following 8 variables.

trialnam: Name of the trial.
authors: Authors of the paper.
startyr: Start year.
latitude: Latitude in degrees from the equator.
cases1: Number of TB cases in intervention group.
tot1: Total number in intervention group.
cases0: Number of TB cases in control group.
tot0: Total number in control group.

Source

https://www.biostat.jhsph.edu/~fdominic/teaching/bio656/software/meta.analysis.pdf

References

Colditz GA, Brewer TF, Berkey CS, et al. Efficacy of BCG Vaccine in the Prevention of Tuberculosis: Meta-analysis of the Published Literature. JAMA. 1994;271(9):698–702. \Sexpr[results=rd]{tools:::Rd_expr_doi("doi:10.1001/jama.1994.03510330076038")}.

Examples

require(meta)

data(BCG, package = "R4HCR")

# Meta-analysis using relative risk summary measure
ma5 <- metabin(
sm = "RR",
event.e = cases1,
n.e = tot1,
event.c = cases0,
n.c = tot0,
studlab = trialnam,
data  = BCG)

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