vaccine

Data from thirteen clinical studies evaluating the efficacy of the BCG vaccine for the prevention of tuberculosis.

datasets

First- and higher-order likelihood inference in
meta-analysis and meta-regression models.

Cristiano Varin

metaLik

Likelihood Inference in Meta-Analysis and Meta-Regression Models

vaccine function

<dl class="dl-horizontal">
<dt><code>y</code></dt><dd>log odds ratio in each study.</dd>
<dt><code>latitude</code></dt><dd>latitude, distance of each study from the equator, surrogate for the presence of environmental mycobacteria providing a level of natural immunity against tuberculosis.</dd>
<dt><code>year</code></dt><dd>year of the study.</dd>
<dt><code>sigma2</code></dt><dd>estimated within-study variance.</dd>
</dl>

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Data for Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) vaccine studies. — vaccine

<dl class='dl-horizontal'>
<dt><code>y</code></dt><dd>log odds ratio in each study.</dd>
<dt><code>latitude</code></dt><dd>latitude, distance of each study from the equator, surrogate for the presence of environmental mycobacteria providing a level of natural immunity against tuberculosis.</dd>
<dt><code>year</code></dt><dd>year of the study.</dd>
<dt><code>sigma2</code></dt><dd>estimated within-study variance.</dd>
</dl>

vaccine: Data for Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) vaccine studies.

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