# General Package for Meta-Analysis

## Documentation for package ‘meta’ version 8.5-0

- DESCRIPTION file.
- User guides, package vignettes and other documentation.
- Package NEWS.

## Help Pages

A B C D E F G I J L M N O P R S T U V W Z misc

meta-package | meta: Brief overview of methods and general hints

## -- A --

amlodipine | Amlodipine for Work Capacity
as.data.frame.meta | Coerce to a data frame
asin2ir | Auxiliary functions for (back) transformations
asin2p | Auxiliary functions for (back) transformations

## -- B --

backtransf | Auxiliary functions for (back) transformations
barplot.rob | Produce weighted bar plot of risk of bias assessment
baujat | Baujat plot to explore heterogeneity in meta-analysis
baujat.meta | Baujat plot to explore heterogeneity in meta-analysis
blup | Calculate best linear unbiased predictor for 'meta' object
blup.meta | Calculate best linear unbiased predictor for 'meta' object
bubble | Bubble plot to display the result of a meta-regression
bubble.metareg | Bubble plot to display the result of a meta-regression

## -- C --

caffeine | Caffeine for daytime drowsiness
ci | Calculation of confidence intervals (based on normal approximation or t-distribution)
cidprop | Calculate expected proportion of comparable studies with clinically important benefit or harm
cidprop.meta | Calculate expected proportion of comparable studies with clinically important benefit or harm
cilayout | Print meta-analysis results
cisapride | Cisapride in Non-Ulcer Dispepsia
cor2z | Auxiliary functions for (back) transformations

## -- D --

drapery | Drapery plot

## -- E --

estimates | Extract results from meta-analysis object
estimates.blup.meta | Calculate best linear unbiased predictor for 'meta' object
estimates.meta | Extract results from meta-analysis object

## -- F --

Fleiss1993bin | Aspirin after Myocardial Infarction
Fleiss1993cont | Mental Health Treatment
Fleiss1993_CR | Import RevMan 5 analysis data
Fleiss93 | Aspirin after Myocardial Infarction
Fleiss93cont | Mental Health Treatment
forest | Forest plot to display the result of a meta-analysis
forest.meta | Forest plot to display the result of a meta-analysis
forest.metabind | Forest plot to display the result of a meta-analysis
forest.metacum | Forest plot to display the result of a cumulative meta-analysis
forest.metainf | Forest plot to display the result of a leave-one-out meta-analysis
forest_dims | Auxiliary functions to calculate the dimensions of a forest plot
funnel | Funnel plot
funnel.meta | Funnel plot

## -- G --

gs | Get default for a meta-analysis setting.

## -- I --

inches2units | Auxiliary functions to calculate the dimensions of a forest plot

## -- J --

JAMAlabels | Create study labels in JAMA layout (deprecated function)

## -- L --

labbe | L'Abbé plot for meta-analysis with binary outcomes
labbe.default | L'Abbé plot for meta-analysis with binary outcomes
labbe.metabin | L'Abbé plot for meta-analysis with binary outcomes
labels.meta | Create study labels for forest plot
logit2p | Auxiliary functions for (back) transformations
logVR2VE | Auxiliary functions for (back) transformations
longarm | Transform data from pairwise comparisons to long arm-based format
lungcancer | Smoking example

## -- M --

meta | meta: Brief overview of methods and general hints
meta-object | Description of R object of class "meta"
meta-sm | Description of summary measures available in R package *meta*
meta-transf | Auxiliary functions for (back) transformations
metaadd | Add pooled results from external analysis to meta-analysis
metabias | Test for funnel plot asymmetry
metabias.cdir | Cochrane review: Test for funnel plot asymmetry
metabias.default | Test for funnel plot asymmetry
metabias.meta | Test for funnel plot asymmetry
metabias.rm5 | Cochrane review: Test for funnel plot asymmetry
metabin | Meta-analysis of binary outcome data
metabind | Combine and summarize meta-analysis objects
metacont | Meta-analysis of continuous outcome data
metacor | Meta-analysis of correlations
metacr | Meta-analysis of outcome data from Cochrane review
metacum | Cumulative meta-analysis
metacum.default | Cumulative meta-analysis
metacum.meta | Cumulative meta-analysis
metagen | Generic inverse variance meta-analysis
metainc | Meta-analysis of incidence rates
metainf | Influence analysis in meta-analysis using leave-one-out method
metainf.default | Influence analysis in meta-analysis using leave-one-out method
metainf.meta | Influence analysis in meta-analysis using leave-one-out method
metamean | Meta-analysis of single means
metamerge | Merge results of two meta-analyses on the same data set
metaprop | Meta-analysis of single proportions
metarate | Meta-analysis of single incidence rates
metareg | Meta-regression
metareg.default | Meta-regression
metareg.meta | Meta-regression

## -- N --

nnt | Calculate the number needed to treat (NNT)
nnt.default | Calculate the number needed to treat (NNT)
nnt.meta | Calculate the number needed to treat (NNT)

## -- O --

Olkin1995 | Thrombolytic Therapy after Acute Myocardial Infarction
Olkin95 | Thrombolytic Therapy after Acute Myocardial Infarction
or2smd | Conversion from log odds ratio to standardised mean difference

## -- P --

p2asin | Auxiliary functions for (back) transformations
p2logit | Auxiliary functions for (back) transformations
Pagliaro1992 | Meta-analysis on Prevention of First Bleeding in Cirrhosis
pairwise | Transform meta-analysis data from two arm-based formats into contrast-based format
plot.cidprop | Plot density of prediction distribution highlighting areas of clinically important benefit or harm
plot.meta | Forest plot to display the result of a meta-analysis
print.blup.meta | Calculate best linear unbiased predictor for 'meta' object
print.cdir | Import data of Cochrane intervention review
print.cidprop | Calculate expected proportion of comparable studies with clinically important benefit or harm
print.estimates.blup.meta | Calculate best linear unbiased predictor for 'meta' object
print.estimates.meta | Extract results from meta-analysis object
print.meta | Print meta-analysis results
print.metabias | Test for funnel plot asymmetry
print.metacum | Print results of a cumulative meta-analysis
print.metainf | Print results of a leave-one-out meta-analysis
print.nnt.default | Calculate the number needed to treat (NNT)
print.nnt.meta | Calculate the number needed to treat (NNT)
print.rd.default | Calculate the risk difference from meta-analysis results
print.rd.meta | Calculate the risk difference from meta-analysis results
print.rm5 | Cochrane review: summary of meta-analyses
print.rob | Risk of bias assessment
print.summary.cdir | Cochrane review: detailed summary of meta-analyses
print.summary.meta | Print detailed meta-analysis results
print.summary.rm5 | Cochrane review: detailed summary of meta-analyses
print.trimfill.cdir | Cochrane review: trim-and-fill method
print.trimfill.rm5 | Cochrane review: trim-and-fill method

## -- R --

radial | Radial plot
radial.default | Radial plot
radial.meta | Radial plot
rd | Calculate the risk difference from meta-analysis results
rd.default | Calculate the risk difference from meta-analysis results
rd.meta | Calculate the risk difference from meta-analysis results
read.cdir | Import data of Cochrane intervention review
read.mtv | Import RevMan 4 data files (.mtv)
read.rm5 | Import RevMan 5 analysis data
rob | Risk of bias assessment

## -- S --

settings.meta | Print and change default meta-analysis settings in R package *meta*
setvals | Funnel plot
smd2or | Conversion from standardised mean difference to log odds ratio
smoking | Smoking example
subset.longarm | Return subset of longarm object
subset.pairwise | Return subset of pairwise object
summary.cdir | Cochrane review: detailed summary of meta-analyses
summary.meta | Summary of meta-analysis results
summary.rm5 | Cochrane review: detailed summary of meta-analyses

## -- T --

traffic_light | Produce traffic light plot of risk of bias assessment
transf | Auxiliary functions for (back) transformations
trimfill | Trim-and-fill method to adjust for bias in meta-analysis
trimfill.cdir | Cochrane review: trim-and-fill method
trimfill.default | Trim-and-fill method to adjust for bias in meta-analysis
trimfill.meta | Trim-and-fill method to adjust for bias in meta-analysis
trimfill.rm5 | Cochrane review: trim-and-fill method

## -- U --

units2inches | Auxiliary functions to calculate the dimensions of a forest plot
update.meta | Update a meta-analysis object

## -- V --

VE2logVR | Auxiliary functions for (back) transformations

## -- W --

weights.meta | Calculate absolute and percentage weights for meta-analysis
woodyplants | Elevated CO_2 and total biomass of woody plants

## -- Z --

z2cor | Auxiliary functions for (back) transformations

## -- misc --

.forestArgs | Forest plot to display the result of a meta-analysis
[,longarm | Extract parts of longarm object
[,pairwise | Extract parts of pairwise object
[.longarm | Extract parts of longarm object
[.pairwise | Extract parts of pairwise object