• 1. Center for Evidence-based and Translational Medicine, Zhongnan Hospital, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430071, China;
  • 2. Center for Evidence-based Medicine and Clinical Research, Taihe Hospital, Hubei University of Medicine, Shiyan 442000, China;
  • 3. Chinese Evidence-based Medicine Center, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China;
  • 4. Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing 100191, China;
  • 5. Center for Evidence-based and Translational Medicine, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430071, China;
ZENGXian-tao, Email: zengxiantao1128@163.com
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The pcnetmeta package in R is a special package for performing network meta-analysis based on Bayesian theory, which combines the strength computing function of JAGS software and the special data integration and powerful graph drawing function of R software. This package conducts calculation by calling JAGS, provides 3 different models for users, and each model can yield results of 3 effect-sizes (RR, OR and RD). At the same time, this package can draw many kinds of plots, which greatly meets actual needs of users to deal with complicated network meta-analysis. In this article, we introduce how to use pcnetmeta package to perform network meta-analysis based on an example.

Citation: LISheng, ZHANGChao, DULiang, ZHANGYong-gang, SUNFeng, ZENGXian-tao. Perform Network Meta-analysis Using pcnetmeta Package in R. Chinese Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine, 2015, 15(2): 230-235. doi: 10.7507/1672-2531.20150039 Copy

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