Re: [R] Comparing summary hazard ratios in meta-analysis

2014-11-23 Thread Mario Petretta
] Inviato: venerd� 21 novembre 2014 15:37 A: Michael Dewey; Mario Petretta; https://inbox.unina.it/horde/imp/message.php?mailbox=INBOXindex=101432 r-help@r-project.org Oggetto: RE: [R] Comparing summary hazard ratios in meta-analysis Those hazard ratios and CIs seem a bit strange. On the log-scale

[R] Comparing summary hazard ratios in meta-analysis

2014-11-21 Thread Mario Petretta
Dear all, I use R 3.1.1 for Windows. I performed two different meta-analysis assessing the prognostic value of two different tests in patients with coronary artery disease. The study included in the two analysis are different. The variable of interest in dichotomous (normal/abnormal result) for

Re: [R] Comparing summary hazard ratios in meta-analysis

2014-11-21 Thread Michael Dewey
On 21/11/2014 08:51, Mario Petretta wrote: Dear all, I use R 3.1.1 for Windows. I performed two different meta-analysis assessing the prognostic value of two different tests in patients with coronary artery disease. The study included in the two analysis are different. That makes life

Re: [R] Comparing summary hazard ratios in meta-analysis

2014-11-21 Thread Viechtbauer Wolfgang (STAT)
-Original Message- From: r-help-boun...@r-project.org [mailto:r-help-boun...@r-project.org] On Behalf Of Michael Dewey Sent: Friday, November 21, 2014 13:25 To: Mario Petretta; r-help@r-project.org Subject: Re: [R] Comparing summary hazard ratios in meta-analysis On 21/11/2014 08:51

[R] R: Comparing summary hazard ratios in meta-analysis

2014-11-21 Thread Mario Petretta
Petretta; r-help@r-project.org Oggetto: RE: [R] Comparing summary hazard ratios in meta-analysis Those hazard ratios and CIs seem a bit strange. On the log-scale, they should be symmetric, but they are not. Could be due to heavy rounding though. At any rate, it comes down to this: hr- c(3.12, 1.15