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Trials of BCG Vaccine against Tuberculosis.
Description
Data from a meta-analysis of 13 studies of the efficacy of BCG vaccine against Tuberculosis (TB).
Usage
BCG
Format
A data frame with 13 observations on the following 8 variables.
trialnam
Name of the trial.
authors
Authors of the paper.
startyr
Start year.
latitude
Latitude in degrees from the equator.
cases1
Number of TB cases in intervention group.
tot1
Total number in intervention group.
cases0
Number of TB cases in control group.
tot0
Total number in control group.
Source
https://www.biostat.jhsph.edu/~fdominic/teaching/bio656/software/meta.analysis.pdf
References
Colditz GA, Brewer TF, Berkey CS, et al. Efficacy of BCG Vaccine in the Prevention of Tuberculosis: Meta-analysis of the Published Literature. JAMA. 1994;271(9):698–702. doi:10.1001/jama.1994.03510330076038.
Examples
require(meta)
data(BCG, package = "R4HCR")
# Meta-analysis using relative risk summary measure
ma5 <- metabin(
sm = "RR",
event.e = cases1,
n.e = tot1,
event.c = cases0,
n.c = tot0,
studlab = trialnam,
data = BCG)
[Package R4HCR version 0.1 Index]