Pairwise meta-analysis of aggregate data using metaan in Stata

• Autores: Evangelos Kontopantelis, David Reeves
• Localización: The Stata journal, ISSN 1536-867X, Vol. 20, Nº. 3, 2020, págs. 680-705
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • few years ago, we developedmetaan, a package to perform fixed-or random-effects meta-analysis. In terms of random-effects meta-analysis, it of-fered a wide choice of models, including maximum likelihood, profile likelihood, orrestricted maximum-likelihood, in addition to the established DerSimonian–Lairdmethod available inmetanor Cochrane’s RevMan software. Other unique featuresincluded a wide range of reported heterogeneity measures and a plot of the max-imum likelihood function. Since then,metaanhas been continuously updated tooffer improved graphics, more options, and more meta-analysis models. In thisnecessary update, we describe these additions and discuss the new models and theevidence behind them