magnesium: Magnesium and myocardial infarction meta-analysis data

Description Usage Format Source Examples

Description

8 randomised trials assessing the use of magnesium to treat myocardial infarction, previously analysed by Higgins and Spiegelhalter (2002).

Usage

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data("magnesium")

Format

A data frame with 8 observations on the following 3 variables.

name

Study name

est

Log odds ratio of death (magnesium versus control)

se

Standard error for the log odds ratio

Source

Higgins, J. P., & Spiegelhalter, D. J. (2002). Being sceptical about meta-analyses: a Bayesian perspective on magnesium trials in myocardial infarction. International Journal of Epidemiology, 31(1), 96-104.

Examples

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## Not run: MetaAnalyser(magnesium)

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