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pimeta (version 1.1.1)

sbp: Systolic blood pressure (SBP) data

Description

Riley et al. (2011) analyzed a hypothetical meta-analysis. They generated a data set of 10 studies examining the same antihypertensive drug. Negative estimates suggested reduced blood pressure in the treatment group.

Usage

data(sbp)

Arguments

Format

A data frame with 10 rows and 2 variables

Details

  • y: Standardized mean difference

  • sigmak: Standard error

References

Riley, R. D., Higgins, J. P. T, and Deeks, J. J. (2011). Interpretation of random effects meta-analyses. BMJ. 342: d549.