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poynard: Meta-analysis data set for Poynard et al. review of beta-adrenergic-antagonist drugs

Description

Meta-analytic dataset of 4 trials of Beta-adrenergic-antagonist drugs in the prevention of gastrointestinal bleeding in patients with cirrhosis and esophageal varices.

Dataset used to illustrate power estimator ipd.meta.power

Arguments

format

ll{ study Name of trial n0 Control group sample size n1 Beta-adrenergic-antagonist group sample size bleed0 Control group number of bleeding events at 2 year follow-up bleed1 Beta-adrenergic-antagonist group number of bleeding events at 2 year follow-up age0 Control group mean age age1 Beta-adrenergic-antagonist group mean age age.s20 Control group variance age age.s21 Beta-adrenergic-antagonist group variance age male0 Control group sample proportion male male1 Beta-adrenergic-antagonist sample proportion male drug Beta-adrenergic-antagonist studied }

References

Poynard, T, Cales, P, Pasta, L, Ideo, G, Pascal, J P, Pagliaro, L, Lebrec, D, (1991), Beta-adrenergic-antagonist drugs in the prevention of gastrointestinal bleeding in patients with cirrhosis and esophageal varices. An analysis of data and prognostic factors in 589 patients from four randomized clinical trials. Franco-Italian Multicenter Study Group, NEJM, 324, 1532-8.