YAN Xiaoni 1 , ZHENG Jie 2 , LI Yingchao 1 , HUANG Yuli 3 , LI Jie 4 , ZENG Xiantao 5 , LV Jun 2
  • 1. Department of Gastroenterology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, 710061, P.R.China;
  • 2. Clinical Research Center, the First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, 710061, P.R.China;
  • 3. Department of Cardiovascular, Shunde Hospital, Southern Medical University, Foshan, 528300, P.R.China;
  • 4. HuYi Information Technology (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., Shanghai, 200050, P.R.China;
  • 5. Center for Evidence-Based and Translational Medicine, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University; Center for Evidence-Based and Translational Medicine, Wuhan University; Department of Evidence-Based Medicine and Clinical Epidemiology, the Second Clinical Medical College of Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430071, P.R.China;
ZENG Xiantao, Email: zengxiantao1128@163.com; LV Jun, Email: lujun2006@xjtu.edu.cn
Stata software; Effect value; Confidence interval; Meta-analysis
10.7507/1672-2531.201709073
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Most statistical data in observational studies is expressed as the effect value and its 95% confidence interval (95% CI), which do not correspond to the data format used for traditional meta-analyses, so special data conversion is to be needed when Review Manager software is applied to do a meta-analysis for this type of data, which will make the operation complicated and cumbersome. In addition, Stata software is such a powerful statistical software that can be used directly to conduct a meta-analysis with the effect value and its 95% CI. Therefore, it is an indispensable statistical tool for meta-analysis in observational studies. And this study will give a brief introduction how to use Stata software to conduct a meta-analysis with effect value and its 95% CI based on the published meta-analysis data.

Citation： YAN Xiaoni, ZHENG Jie, LI Yingchao, HUANG Yuli, LI Jie, ZENG Xiantao, LV Jun. Application of Stata software to conduct a meta-analysis with the effect value and its 95% confidence interval. Chinese Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine, 2018, 18(3): 367-372. doi: 10.7507/1672-2531.201709073 Copy

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