[R] replicating the odds ratio from a published study
Bob Green
bgreen at dyson.brisnet.org.au
Fri Jan 26 10:04:27 CET 2007
I wanted to compare odds ratio across studies and tried to replicate the
results from a study but have not been able to determine how to do this in R.
The study reported a sample of 961 men, of whom 41 had a disorder. The
reported raw odds ratio was 6.52 (4.70-9.00)
I did a search of the archives and came across script that looks like it
should perform this task, however the results I obtained did not match
> prop.test(41,961)
1-sample proportions test with continuity correction
data: 41 out of 961, null probability 0.5
X-squared = 802.1686, df = 1, p-value < 2.2e-16
alternative hypothesis: true p is not equal to 0.5
95 percent confidence interval:
0.03115856 0.05795744
sample estimates:
p
0.04266389
>
> ci.p <- prop.test(920, 961)$conf
> ci.odds <- ci.p/(1-ci.p)
> ci.odds
[1] 16.25404 31.09390
attr(,"conf.level")
[1] 0.95
Any advice regarding the script I require is appreciated,
regards
bob Green
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