mmeta (version 2.2)

colorectal: Studies on the Association of N-acetyltransferase 2 (NAT2) Acetylation Status and Colorectal Cancer

Description

Results from 20 case-control studies investigating the association between rapid NAT2 acetylator status and colorectal cancer

Format

The data frame contains the following columns:

y1

number of subjects with rapid NAT2 acetylator status in the control group

n1

number of subjects in the control group (without colorectal cancer)

y2

number of subjects with rapid NAT2 acetylator status in the case group

n2

number of subjects in the case group (with colorectal cancer)

studynames

The study names indicating the last name of the first author of each study

References

Chen, Y., Chu, H., Luo, S., Nie, L., and Chen, S. (2011b). Bayesian analysis on meta-analysis of case-control studies accounting for within-study correlation. Statistical Methods in Medical Research, Published online on Dec 4, 2011, PMID: 22143403. doi: 10.1177/0962280211430889

Ye, Z. and Parry, J. (2002) Meta-analysis of 20 case-control studies on the N -acetyltransferase 2 acetylation status and colorectal cancer risk. Med Sci Monit 8, CR558-65.

See Also

multipletables, summary.multipletables, plot.multipletables,

Examples

library(mmeta)
data(colorectal)
summary(colorectal)