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| From | David Fisher <djfisher81@gmail.com> |
| To | statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu |
| Subject | st: New on SSC: ipdmetan |
| Date | Mon, 3 Feb 2014 19:23:06 +0000 |
Dear all, A new meta-analysis package, -ipdmetan-, is available from SSC with thanks to Kit Baum. The main program carries out two-stage inverse-variance IPD meta-analysis by looping over a series of categories, fitting the desired model to the data within each. The screen output and forestplot are based on those in the existing program -metan-, with thanks to Ross Harris and others. A variety of analyses are possible: a greater variety of random-effects models are available; aggregate data may be included from an external dataset; and a separate program -ipdover- may be used to create a forestplot of a series of (potentially overlapping) subgroups within a single study or trial. The forestplot routine from -metan- has been updated and can now be run by itself (program -forestplot-). It now has greater flexibility in terms of rendering; and titles, formatting etc may be tweaked by making changes to the dataset itself beforehand. Help files are available, but no examples as yet, sorry! Please contact me if you have any questions, problems or suggestions. Many thanks, David. David Fisher Statistician MRC Clinical Trials Unit at UCL e-mail: d.fisher@ucl.ac.uk * * 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/