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df.IRR: Meta-analysis exploring adverse events of smoking.

Description

Fictitious dataset of a meta-analysis of prospective cohorts assessing adverse effects of smoking on one binary outcome.

Usage

df.IRR

Arguments

Format

The dataset contains the following variables:

meta_reviewname of the first author of the meta-analysis.
factorname of the factor (only one factor is included).
authorfirst study author of the individual studies
yearyear of publication of the individual studies.
measuretype of effect size (IRR).
valueIRR value.
ci_lolower bound of the 95% confidence interval.
ci_upupper bound of the 95% confidence interval.
n_casesnumber of cases (sum of the number of cases in the exposed and non-exposed
groups).
n_cases_expnumber of cases in the exposed group.
n_cases_nexpnumber of cases in the non-exposed group.
timetotal person-time at risk (sum of the person-time at risk in the exposed and
non-exposed groups).
time_expperson-time at risk in the exposed group.
time_nexpperson-time at risk in the non-exposed group.