In evidence-based practice and decision, dose-response meta-analysis has been concerned by many scholars. It can provide unique dose-response relationship between exposure and disease, with a high grade of evidence among observational-study based meta-analysis. Thus, it is important to clearly understand this type of meta-analysis on software implementations. Currently, there are different software for dose-response meta-analysis with various characteristics. In this paper, we will focus on how to conduct dose-response meta-analysis by Stata, R and SAS software, which including a brief introduction, the process of calculation, the graph drawing, the generalization, and some examples of the processes.
Citation: GUOPeng, XUChang, ZHOUQuan, ZHANGChao, YANJin-zhu, ZHANGYong-gang. How to Conduct Dose-response Meta-analysis: the Application of Software. Chinese Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine, 2016, 16(3): 363-368. doi: 10.7507/1672-2531.20160056 Copy