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| From | Belinda Butcher <bbutcher@writesourcemedical.com.au> |
| To | statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu |
| Subject | Re: st: Meta-Analysis of Hazard Ratios and Confidence Intervals |
| Date | Wed, 19 Sep 2012 14:19:41 +1000 |
I had read this, but am unsure what to do with the confidence intervals, all the examples I have seen calculate the logodds and selogodds basically from the 2x2 table (which I don't have)? Suggestions? Belinda Butcher BSc(Hons) MBiostat PhD Director - Biostatistics & Medical Writing WriteSource Medical Pty Ltd PO Box 1521 Lane Cove NSW 1595 M: 0418 286 014 E: bbutcher@writesourcemedical.com.au On 19/09/2012, at 2:12 PM, JVerkuilen (Gmail) wrote: > On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 8:03 PM, Belinda Butcher > <bbutcher@writesourcemedical.com.au> wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I am conducting a meta-analysis of some cancer data using the hazard ratio for overall survival and the upper and lower 95% confidence intervals. > > Usually meta-analyses of a ratio estimator like a hazard ratio, > relative risk or odds ratio are better conducted on the log scale. > > > -- > JVVerkuilen, PhD > jvverkuilen@gmail.com > > "Out beyond ideas of wrong-doing and right-doing there is a field. > I'll meet you there. When the soul lies down in that grass the world > is too full to talk about." ---Rumi > * > * For searches and help try: > * http://www.stata.com/help.cgi?search > * http://www.stata.com/support/statalist/faq > * http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/ * * For searches and help try: * http://www.stata.com/help.cgi?search * http://www.stata.com/support/statalist/faq * http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/