How to Perform Network Meta-Analysis of Continuous Variable Using R, GeMTC and Stata softwares_Chinese Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine

Authors：

 ZHAOKun ^1,2 , CHENLing-Xiao ³ , TIANJin-hui ^1,2 , ZENGXian-tao ⁴ , ZHANGChao ⁵ ,  BAIZheng-gang ^1,2

1. Evidence-based Medicine Center, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China;
2. Key Laboratory of Evidence Based Medicine and Knowledge Translation of Gansu Province, Lanzhou 730000, China;
4. Department of Orthopaedics, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, 300052, China;
5. Center for Evidence-Based Medicine and Clinical Research, Taihe Hospital, Hubei University of Medicine, Shiyan 442000, China;
6. Center for Evidence-based and Translational Medicine, Zhongnan Hospital, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430071, China;

Corresponding author：

BAIZheng-gang, Email: baizhenggang@126.com

Keywords：

Network meta-analysis; Continuous variable; R software; GeMTC software; Stata software

DOI：

10.7507/1672-2531.20150145

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The published methodological studies about network meta-analysis mostly focused on the binary variables, but study focused on the continuous variables was few. This study introduces how to use R, GeMTC and Stata softwares jointly to produce various graphics of continuous variable network meta-analysis. It also introduces how to perform the convergence diagnostics, trace and density plot, forest, rank probabilities and rankogram, internal relationship summary chart, network plot, contribution plot and publication bias test.

Citation： ZHAOKun, CHENLing-Xiao, TIANJin-hui, ZENGXian-tao, ZHANGChao, BAIZheng-gang. How to Perform Network Meta-Analysis of Continuous Variable Using R, GeMTC and Stata softwares. Chinese Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine, 2015, 15(7): 861-868. doi: 10.7507/1672-2531.20150145 Copy

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2. 曾宪涛,张超,邝心颖,等.基于使用的网状Meta分析软件的比较研究与选择.中国循证医学杂志,2014,14(10):1270-1275.
3. 曾宪涛,张超,杜亮,等.应用ADDIS软件实现网状Meta分析.中国循证医学杂志,2013,13(12):1021-1029.
4. 李胜,张超,陈晓凡,等.应用Microsoft Excel软件Net Meta XL宏命令实现网状Meta分析.中国循证医学杂志,2014,14(11):1396-1401.
5. 曾宪涛,张超,郭毅.R软件R2WinBUGS程序包在网状Meta分析中的应用.中国循证医学杂志,2013,13(9):1137-1144.
6. 沈可,王芬,张超,等.应用OpenBUGS软件实现网状Meta分析.湖北医药学院学报,2013,32(6):476-479.
7. 曾宪涛,张超,李胜,等.WinBUGS软件实现Meta分析的Doodle模型图的构建.中国循证医学杂志,2014,14(1):101-109.
8. 罗杰,张超,曾宪涛.R软件调用OpenBUGS软件实现网状Meta分析.中国循证医学杂志,2014,14(4):492-496.
9. 曾宪涛,张超,杜亮.Microsoft Excel调用BUGS软件实现网状Meta分析.中国循证医学杂志,2014,14(6):765-771.
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11. 胡荣明,张超,曾宪涛.应用GeMTC软件实现网状Meta分析.湖北医药学院学报,2014,(1):36-40.
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13. Chaimani A,Higgins JPT,Mavridis D,et al.Graphical tools for network Meta-analysis in STATA.PloS One,2013,8(10):e76654.
14. 曾宪涛,徐畅,张超,等.网状Meta分析在Stata软件中的实现.中国循证医学杂志,2013,13(11):1387-1391.
15. White IR.Multivariate random-effects meta-analysis.Stata,2009,9(1):40.
16. White IR.Multivariate random-effects meta-regression:updates to mvmeta.Stata,2011,11(2):255.

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