An example of network meta-analysis for binary outcomes with follow-up times reported.
data("diabetes")
A data frame containing 22 studies which compare a total of 6 treatments. The outcome is binary; the mean follow-up time in each study is collected.
s.id
a numeric vector of study IDs.
folup
a numeric vector of follow-up time (in years) for each study.
t.id
a numeric vector of treatment IDs.
r
a numeric vector of the total mortality in each treatment group in each study.
n
a numeric vector of the total number of participants in each treatment group in each study.
This network meta-analysis is reported by Elliott and Meyer (2007) to assess the effects of anti-hypertensive agents on incident diabetes. Treatment IDs represent 1) diuretic; 2) placebo; 3) \(\beta\)-blocker; 4) calcium-channel blocker (CCB); 5) angiotensin-converting-enzyme (ACE) inhibitor; and 6) angiotensin-receptor blocker (ARB).