An example of network meta-analysis for continuous outcomes.
data("parkinson")
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.
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.