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| From | Marcos Vinicius <bioestatistico@inbox.com> |
| To | statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu |
| Subject | Re: st: reference meta-analysis adjusted OR |
| Date | Thu, 14 Nov 2013 03:42:08 -0800 |
Good point - thanks David very helpul. > -----Original Message----- > From: dchoaglin@gmail.com > Sent: Fri, 25 Oct 2013 13:54:40 -0400 > To: statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu > Subject: Re: st: reference meta-analysis adjusted OR > > Hi, Vinicius. > > I can't give you a reference at present. A meta-analysis of adjusted > odds ratios may face a fundamental challenge: if adjusted odds ratios > reported by individual studies have not been adjusted for the same set > of covariates (defined and measured in the same or closely similar > ways), then those adjusted odds ratios are generally not comparable. > I assume that an adjusted odds ratio comes from a logistic regression > model. As in any regression model, the definition of the coefficient > of each predictor includes the list of other predictors in the model. > Thus, using different sets of covariates will produce adjusted odds > ratios whose definitions are different. > > David Hoaglin > > On Fri, Oct 25, 2013 at 9:07 AM, Marcos Vinicius > <bioestatistico@inbox.com> wrote: >> I am looking for references for the subject meta-analysis of adjusted >> OR. >> Any help would be very much appreciated. >> Thanks, >> Vinicius. > * > * For searches and help try: > * http://www.stata.com/help.cgi?search > * http://www.stata.com/support/faqs/resources/statalist-faq/ > * http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/ ____________________________________________________________ FREE 3D EARTH SCREENSAVER - Watch the Earth right on your desktop! Check it out at http://www.inbox.com/earth * * For searches and help try: * http://www.stata.com/help.cgi?search * http://www.stata.com/support/faqs/resources/statalist-faq/ * http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/