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pcnetmeta (version 2.8)

parkinson: Network Meta-Ananlysis on Parkinson's Disease

Description

An example of network meta-analysis for continuous outcomes.

Usage

data("parkinson")

Arguments

Format

A data frame containing 7 studies which compare 5 treatments.

s.id

a numeric vector of study IDs.

t.id

a numeric vector of treatment IDs.

mean

a numeric vector of the mean of continuous outcomes in each treatment group in each study.

sd

a numeric vector of the standard deviance of continuous outcomes in each treatment group in each study.

n

a numeric vector of the total number of participants in each treatment group in each study.

Details

The continuous outcome measures the off-time reduction in patients given dopamine agonists as adjunct therapy in Parkinson's disease. Treatment 1 is placebo and treatments 2 to 5 are active drugs.