[R-meta] Forest plot with subplots

P. Roberto Bakker robertobakker at gmail.com
Thu Jan 18 08:28:43 CET 2018


Dear Gerta,

Thank you very much for your information. I will try it out.

Bw Roberto

2018-01-17 12:27 GMT+01:00 Gerta Ruecker <ruecker at imbi.uni-freiburg.de>:

> Dear Roberto,
>
> You may use the R package meta https://cran.r-project.org/web
> /packages/meta/index.html .
>
> Depending on the type of your data, meta-analysis is done using one of the
> functions metabin() (binary data), metacont (continuous data), metagen
> (generic data, given effect estiamte and its standard error) and futher
> functions, see https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/meta/meta.pdf (or
> type help(package = "meta")). Subgroup analyses can be done using the
> argument byvar, see, for example, help(metabin). Forest plots applied to a
> meta object where byvar has been used then show subplots as desired.
>
> For a simple example, see attached.
>
> Best,
>
> Gerta
>
>
>
> Am 17.01.2018 um 11:05 schrieb P. Roberto Bakker:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I am performing meta-analyses of different medication groups, and would
>> like to create one forest plot containing subplots of the separate
>> meta-analysis per group,  and the total result of all meta-analyses.
>> How can I create this?
>>
>> Thank you in advance,
>>
>> Roberto
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