read.mtv {meta} | R Documentation |
Reads a file created with RevMan 4.1 and creates a data frame from it.
read.mtv(file, sep="$")
file |
The name of the file which the data are to be read from. |
sep |
The field separator character. Values on each line of the file are separated by this character. |
Reads a file created with RevMan 4.1 (Menu: "File" - "Export" - "Analysis data file...") and creates a data frame from it.
A data frame containing the following components:
comp.no |
Comparison number. |
outcome.no |
Outcome number. |
group.no |
Group number. |
studlab |
Study label. |
year |
Year of publication. |
event.e |
Number of events in experimental group. |
n.e |
Number of observations in experimental group. |
event.c |
Number of events in control group. |
n.c |
Number of observations in control group. |
mean.e |
Estimated mean in experimental group. |
sd.e |
Standard deviation in experimental group. |
mean.c |
Estimated mean in control group. |
sd.c |
Standard deviation in control group. |
O.E |
Observed minus expected (IPD analysis). |
V |
Variance of O.E (IPD analysis). |
order |
Ordering of studies. |
conceal |
Concealment of treatment allocation. |
grplab |
Group label. |
type |
Type of outcome. D = dichotomous, C = continuous, P = IPD. |
outclab |
Outcome label. |
graph.exp |
Graph label for experimental group. |
graph.cont |
Graph label for control group. |
label.exp |
Label for experimental group. |
label.cont |
Label for control group. |
complab |
Comparison label. |
Guido Schwarzer sc@imbi.uni-freiburg.de
## Locate MTV-data file "FLEISS93.MTV" in sub-directory of package "meta" ## filename <- paste(searchpaths()[seq(along=search())[search()== "package:meta"]], "/data/FLEISS93.MTV", sep="") ## fleiss93.cc <- read.mtv(filename)