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dosresmeta (version 2.0.1)

red_bc: Twelve studies on the relation between red meat and bladder cancer

Description

The dataset reports the summarized dose-response results from twelve studies on the relation between red meat consumption and bladder cancer.

Arguments

Format

A data frame with 74 observations on the following 15 variables:

idid of the studies included in the analysis.
authornames of the first author.
yearyear of publication.
typecode for study design.
dose0original assigned dose levels, with unit of measurement defined in the "unit" column.
doseassigned dose levels (converted (if needed) in gm/day).
casesnumber of cases for each exposure level.
ntotal number of subjects (type = "ci" or "cc") or person-years (type = "ir") for each exposure level.
rradjusted risk estimates.
lblower bound for the confidence limits of the adjusted risk estimates.
ubupper bound for the confidence limits of the adjusted risk estimates.
logrrnatural logarithm of the adjusted risk estimates.
sestandard error for the logarithm of the adjusted risk estimates.
areageographical area of the published study.
unitunit of measurement for red meat consumption (for dose0).

Author

Alessio Crippa, <alessio.crippa@ki.se>

References

Crippa A, Larsson SC, Discacciati A, Wolk A, Orsini N. Red and processed meat consumption and risk of bladder cancer: a dose-response meta-analysis of epidemiological studies. European journal of nutrition. 2016 Dec 22:1-3.