Usage
metacr(x, comp.no=1, outcome.no=1,
sm, method, comb.fixed, comb.random, swap.events, logscale,
method.tau="DL", hakn=FALSE,
title, complab, outclab, warn=FALSE)Arguments
x
An object of class rm5 created by R function
read.rm5.
comp.no
Comparison number.
outcome.no
Outcome number.
sm
A character string indicating which summary measure
("RR", "OR", "RD", "AS", "HR",
"MD", or "SMD") is to be used for pooling of
studies.
method
A character string indicating which method is to be used
for pooling of studies. One of "Inverse", "MH", or
"Peto", can be abbreviated.
comb.fixed
A logical indicating whether a fixed effect
meta-analysis should be conducted.
comb.random
A logical indicating whether a random effects
meta-analysis should be conducted.
swap.events
A logical indicating whether events and
non-events should be interchanged.
logscale
A logical indicating whether effect estimates are
entered on log-scale.
method.tau
A character string indicating which method is used
to estimate the between-study variance $\tau^2$. Either
"DL", "REML", "ML", "HS", "SJ",
"HE", or "EB"
hakn
A logical indicating whether the method by Hartung and
Knapp should be used to adjust test statistics and
confidence intervals.
title
Title of meta-analysis / systematic review.
warn
A logical indicating whether warnings should be printed
(e.g., if incr is added to studies with zero cell
frequencies).