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Re: st: Forest plot with p from overall z test
From
Antonio silva <[email protected]>
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[email protected]
Subject
Re: st: Forest plot with p from overall z test
Date
Sat, 5 Nov 2011 07:19:58 -0800
Dear Dr Roger,
Thank you for the reply and informations.
Sincerely,
Antonio
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected]
> Sent: Thu, 03 Nov 2011 22:01:16 +0000
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: st: Forest plot with p from overall z test
>
> An unpublicized feature of -metan- is that it saves a series of results
> in -r()-, whose names give an idea regarding what they are.
>
> For instance, if you type in Stata
>
> use http://fmwww.bc.edu/repec/bocode/m/metan_example_data;
> metan tdeath tnodeath cdeath cnodeath, rd random label(namevar=id,
> yearid=year) counts;
> return list;
>
> then Stata responds with a list of results in r() as follows:
>
> scalars:
> r(cger) = .4864029666254636
> r(tger) = .5012391573729864
> r(tau2) = .0047751229726653
> r(p_chi2) = .
> r(chi2) = .
> r(p_het) = .0193742235231943
> r(df) = 19
> r(het) = 33.80513003131778
> r(i_sq) = 43.79551274496503
> r(p_z) = .260512232288569
> r(z) = 1.125181260695625
> r(ci_upp) = .0743049097225629
> r(ci_low) = -.0201055217834572
> r(seES) = .0240847363142174
> r(ES) = .0270996939695528
>
> macros:
> r(measure) : "RD"
>
> These results can be referenced by the user, and presumably added to the
> -metan- plot in a second execution of -metan-. I do not know why these
> useful results are not publicized in the on-line help for -metan-.
>
> Another possibility might be to use the -metaparm- module of the
> -parmest- package, together with the -parmhet- and -eclplot- packages,
> instead of using -metan-. The -parmest-, -parmhet- and -eclplot-
> packages are all downloadable from SSC. Together, they should be able to
> do what -metan- does. However, they require more programming skill than
> -metan-, so most new users prefer to use -metan-.
>
> I hope this helps.
>
> Best wishes
>
> Roger
>
> Roger B Newson BSc MSc DPhil
> Lecturer in Medical Statistics
> Respiratory Epidemiology and Public Health Group
> National Heart and Lung Institute
> Imperial College London
> Royal Brompton Campus
> Room 33, Emmanuel Kaye Building
> 1B Manresa Road
> London SW3 6LR
> UNITED KINGDOM
> Tel: +44 (0)20 7352 8121 ext 3381
> Fax: +44 (0)20 7351 8322
> Email: [email protected]
> Web page: http://www.imperial.ac.uk/nhli/r.newson/
> Departmental Web page:
> http://www1.imperial.ac.uk/medicine/about/divisions/nhli/respiration/popgenetics/reph/
>
> Opinions expressed are those of the author, not of the institution.
>
> On 03/11/2011 15:26, Frederico Moreira wrote:
>>
>>
>> Hello,
>> I am a beginner in Stata programming.
>> I would like to know how(if it is possible) to produce a forest plot
>> with the p-value from overall z test using the metan routine. I read
>> the help metan and the book Meta-Analysis in Stata:An updated collection
>> from the stata journal but I did not find any indication if it is
>> possible. Normally, this p-value appears in the summary table but not in
>> the graph.
>> Thank you in advance,
>> Any help would be much appreciated.
>>
>> Antonio Silva.
>>
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