dat.whiting dataset

A Meta-Analysis on Adverse Events for the Comparison Cannabinoid vs. Placebo

This dataset serves as an example of meta-analysis of (log) odds ratios. data

data("dat.whiting")

Format

A data frame with 29 studies with the following 9 variables within each study.

• y: point esimates of log odds ratios.
• s2: sample variances of log odds ratios.
• n00: counts of non-events in treatment group 0 (placebo).
• n01: counts of events in treatment group 0.
• n10: counts of non-events in treatment group 1 (cannabinoid).
• n11: counts of events in treatment group 1 (cannabinoid).
• n0: sample sizes in treatment group 0.
• n1: sample sizes in treatment group 1.
• n: total sample sizes.

Source

Whiting PF, Wolff RF, Deshpande S, Di Nisio M, Duffy S, Hernandez AV, Keurentjes JC, Lang S, Misso K, Ryder S, Schmidlkofer S, Westwood M, Kleijnen J (2015). "Cannabinoids for medical use: a systematic review and meta-analysis." JAMA, 313 (24), 2456--2473. <tools:::Rd_expr_doi("10.1001/jama.2015.6358") >