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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.sep

Arguments

Format

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

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.