General Package for Meta-Analysis

Documentation for package ‘meta’ version 8.1-0

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A B C D E F G J L M N O P R S T U V W Z misc

meta: Brief overview of methods and general hints

-- A --

amlodipine	Amlodipine for Work Capacity
as.data.frame.meta	Coerce to a data frame
asin2ir	Auxiliary functions for (back) transformations
asin2p	Auxiliary functions for (back) transformations

-- B --

backtransf	Auxiliary functions for (back) transformations
barplot.rob	Produce weighted bar plot of risk of bias assessment
baujat	Baujat plot to explore heterogeneity in meta-analysis
baujat.meta	Baujat plot to explore heterogeneity in meta-analysis
blup	Calculate best linear unbiased predictor for 'meta' object
blup.meta	Calculate best linear unbiased predictor for 'meta' object
bubble	Bubble plot to display the result of a meta-regression
bubble.metareg	Bubble plot to display the result of a meta-regression

-- C --

caffeine	Caffeine for daytime drowsiness
ci	Calculation of confidence intervals (based on normal approximation or t-distribution)
cidprop	Calculate expected proportion of comparable studies with clinically important benefit or harm
cidprop.meta	Calculate expected proportion of comparable studies with clinically important benefit or harm
cilayout	Print meta-analysis results
cisapride	Cisapride in Non-Ulcer Dispepsia
cor2z	Auxiliary functions for (back) transformations

-- D --

drapery

Drapery plot

-- E --

estimates	Extract results from meta-analysis object
estimates.blup.meta	Calculate best linear unbiased predictor for 'meta' object
estimates.meta	Extract results from meta-analysis object

-- F --

Fleiss1993bin	Aspirin after Myocardial Infarction
Fleiss1993cont	Mental Health Treatment
Fleiss1993_CR	Import RevMan 5 analysis data
Fleiss93	Aspirin after Myocardial Infarction
Fleiss93cont	Mental Health Treatment
forest	Forest plot to display the result of a meta-analysis
forest.meta	Forest plot to display the result of a meta-analysis
forest.metabind	Forest plot to display the result of a meta-analysis
forest.metacum	Forest plot to display the result of a cumulative meta-analysis
forest.metainf	Forest plot to display the result of a leave-one-out meta-analysis
funnel	Funnel plot
funnel.meta	Funnel plot

-- G --

gs	Get default for a meta-analysis setting.

-- J --

JAMAlabels

Create study labels in JAMA layout (deprecated function)

-- L --

labbe	L'Abbé plot for meta-analysis with binary outcomes
labbe.default	L'Abbé plot for meta-analysis with binary outcomes
labbe.metabin	L'Abbé plot for meta-analysis with binary outcomes
labels.meta	Create study labels for forest plot
logit2p	Auxiliary functions for (back) transformations
logVR2VE	Auxiliary functions for (back) transformations
longarm	Transform data from pairwise comparisons to long arm-based format
lungcancer	Smoking example

-- M --

meta	meta: Brief overview of methods and general hints
meta-object	Description of R object of class "meta"
meta-sm	Description of summary measures available in R package meta
meta-transf	Auxiliary functions for (back) transformations
metaadd	Add pooled results from external analysis to meta-analysis
metabias	Test for funnel plot asymmetry
metabias.cdir	Cochrane review: Test for funnel plot asymmetry
metabias.default	Test for funnel plot asymmetry
metabias.meta	Test for funnel plot asymmetry
metabias.rm5	Cochrane review: Test for funnel plot asymmetry
metabin	Meta-analysis of binary outcome data
metabind	Combine and summarize meta-analysis objects
metacont	Meta-analysis of continuous outcome data
metacor	Meta-analysis of correlations
metacr	Meta-analysis of outcome data from Cochrane review
metacum	Cumulative meta-analysis
metacum.default	Cumulative meta-analysis
metacum.meta	Cumulative meta-analysis
metagen	Generic inverse variance meta-analysis
metainc	Meta-analysis of incidence rates
metainf	Influence analysis in meta-analysis using leave-one-out method
metainf.default	Influence analysis in meta-analysis using leave-one-out method
metainf.meta	Influence analysis in meta-analysis using leave-one-out method
metamean	Meta-analysis of single means
metamerge	Merge results of two meta-analyses on the same data set
metaprop	Meta-analysis of single proportions
metarate	Meta-analysis of single incidence rates
metareg	Meta-regression
metareg.default	Meta-regression
metareg.meta	Meta-regression

-- N --

nnt	Calculate the number needed to treat (NNT)
nnt.default	Calculate the number needed to treat (NNT)
nnt.meta	Calculate the number needed to treat (NNT)

-- O --

Olkin1995	Thrombolytic Therapy after Acute Myocardial Infarction
Olkin95	Thrombolytic Therapy after Acute Myocardial Infarction
or2smd	Conversion from log odds ratio to standardised mean difference

-- P --

p2asin	Auxiliary functions for (back) transformations
p2logit	Auxiliary functions for (back) transformations
Pagliaro1992	Meta-analysis on Prevention of First Bleeding in Cirrhosis
pairwise	Transform meta-analysis data from two arm-based formats into contrast-based format
plot.cidprop	Plot density of prediction distribution highlighting areas of clinically important benefit or harm
plot.meta	Forest plot to display the result of a meta-analysis
print.blup.meta	Calculate best linear unbiased predictor for 'meta' object
print.cdir	Import data of Cochrane intervention review
print.cidprop	Calculate expected proportion of comparable studies with clinically important benefit or harm
print.estimates.blup.meta	Calculate best linear unbiased predictor for 'meta' object
print.estimates.meta	Extract results from meta-analysis object
print.meta	Print meta-analysis results
print.metabias	Test for funnel plot asymmetry
print.metacum	Print results of a cumulative meta-analysis
print.metainf	Print results of a leave-one-out meta-analysis
print.nnt.default	Calculate the number needed to treat (NNT)
print.nnt.meta	Calculate the number needed to treat (NNT)
print.rm5	Cochrane review: summary of meta-analyses
print.rob	Risk of bias assessment
print.summary.cdir	Cochrane review: detailed summary of meta-analyses
print.summary.meta	Print detailed meta-analysis results
print.summary.rm5	Cochrane review: detailed summary of meta-analyses
print.trimfill.cdir	Cochrane review: trim-and-fill method
print.trimfill.rm5	Cochrane review: trim-and-fill method

-- R --

radial	Radial plot
radial.default	Radial plot
radial.meta	Radial plot
read.cdir	Import data of Cochrane intervention review
read.mtv	Import RevMan 4 data files (.mtv)
read.rm5	Import RevMan 5 analysis data
rob	Risk of bias assessment

-- S --

settings.meta	Print and change default meta-analysis settings in R package meta
setvals	Funnel plot
smd2or	Conversion from standardised mean difference to log odds ratio
smoking	Smoking example
subset.longarm	Return subset of longarm object
subset.pairwise	Return subset of pairwise object
summary.cdir	Cochrane review: detailed summary of meta-analyses
summary.meta	Summary of meta-analysis results
summary.rm5	Cochrane review: detailed summary of meta-analyses

-- T --

traffic_light	Produce traffic light plot of risk of bias assessment
transf	Auxiliary functions for (back) transformations
trimfill	Trim-and-fill method to adjust for bias in meta-analysis
trimfill.cdir	Cochrane review: trim-and-fill method
trimfill.default	Trim-and-fill method to adjust for bias in meta-analysis
trimfill.meta	Trim-and-fill method to adjust for bias in meta-analysis
trimfill.rm5	Cochrane review: trim-and-fill method

-- U --

update.meta

Update a meta-analysis object

-- V --

VE2logVR

Auxiliary functions for (back) transformations

-- W --

weights.meta	Calculate absolute and percentage weights for meta-analysis
woodyplants	Elevated CO_2 and total biomass of woody plants

-- Z --

z2cor

Auxiliary functions for (back) transformations

-- misc --

.forestArgs	Forest plot to display the result of a meta-analysis
[,longarm	Extract parts of longarm object
[,pairwise	Extract parts of pairwise object
[.longarm	Extract parts of longarm object
[.pairwise	Extract parts of pairwise object