Description Format Author(s) References
The dataset reports the summarized dose-response results from twenty-two case-control studies on the relation between oral contraceptives use and breast cancer
A data frame with 113 observations on the following 14 variables:
id | id of the studies included in the analysis. |
author | names of the first author. |
year | year of publication. |
type | code for study design. |
duration | assigned dose levels. |
cases | number of cases for each exposure level. |
n | total number of subjects (type = "ir" or "cc") or person-years (type = "ir") for each exposure level. |
or | adjusted odds ratios. |
lb | lower bound for the confidence limits of the adjusted odds ratios. |
ub | upper bound for the confidence limits of the adjusted odds ratios. |
logor | natural logarithm of the adjusted odds ratios. |
se | standard error for the logarithm of the adjusted odds ratios. |
menopause | indicator variable for a study that included postmenopausal women (1 = yes). |
period | final year of case accrual (surrogate for the changing formulations of oral contraceptives over time). |
Alessio Crippa, <alessio.crippa@ki.se>
Berlin JA, Longnecker MP, Greenland S. Meta-analysis of epidemiologic dose-response data. Epidemiology. 1993 May 1:218-28.
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