Re: st: How to graph odds ratio and CI?

["Sripal Kumar" <sripalkumar@gmail.com>]

Is there a "do" file for metaparm or eclplot.
thanks,
Sripal Kumar,
Columbia University,
New York.

On 12/31/06, Newson, Roger B <r.newson@imperial.ac.uk> wrote:
> Yes, -eclplot- can plot meta-analyses on subgroups. A useful program for
> preparing the data for this plot might be -metaparm-, which is now part
> of the -parmest- package, downloadable from SSC. And -eclplot- can also
> do vertical or horizontal CI plots, and use a -by()- option to produce
> multiple plots arrayed on a page.
>
> An example of a multiple plot, and a Cochrane forest plot produced using
> -eclplot- and -metaparm-, is given in my presentation to the 2006 German
> Stata User Meeting at Mannheim. Files for this presentation can be
> downloaded from
> http://ideas.repec.org/s/boc/dsug06.html
>
> I hope this helps.
>
> Best wishes
>
> Roger
>
>
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> [mailto:owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu] On Behalf Of Clive
> Nicholas
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> Subject: Re: st: How to graph odds ratio and CI?
>
> Sripal Bangalore wrote:
>
> > will the same program help to plot summary statistics in meta
> > analysis.  Here the x axis would be OR and 95% CI and Y axis is the
> > different variables.  This is not the actual forest plot which can be
> > easily produced by the metan program.  For example- when performing
> > meta-analysis, suppose you perform subgroup analyses for different
> > categories like age, sex etc...can one plot the OR and 95% CI using
> > the program which you suggested but flipping the axis over.
>
> I'm an alleged political scientist, so - almost by definition - I know
> nothing about meta-analysis. Perhaps another Statalister can field this
> query if s/he deems it's within their competence.
>
> Anyway, I don't think it's cricket (!) to respond, "Well, yes, that's
> all
> very well, but it doesn't do _this_, does it?" It wasn't intended to. It
> was intended to do what Bill specifically asked it to do, and he hasn't
> yet returned to say that it doesn't. (I know it does because I tested
> the
> code successfully on one of Stata's 'toy' datasets before posting it.)
>
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