The correct application of Stata and R software in meta-analysis for survival data_Chinese Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine

Authors：

 ZHANG Tiansong

Department of TCM, Jing’an District Central Hospital, Shanghai, 200040, P.R.China;

Corresponding author：

ZHANG Tiansong, Email: ztsdoctor@126.com

Keywords：

Survival data; Systematic review; Meta-analysis; Stata software; R software

DOI：

10.7507/1672-2531.201607004

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In systematic reviews and meta-analyses, time-to-event outcomes were mostly analysed using hazard ratios (HR). It was neglected transformation of the data so that some wrong outcomes were gained. This study introduces how to use Stata and R software to calculate the HR correctly if the report presents HR and confidence intervals were gained.

Citation： ZHANG Tiansong. The correct application of Stata and R software in meta-analysis for survival data. Chinese Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine, 2017, 17(10): 1237-1240. doi: 10.7507/1672-2531.201607004 Copy

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1. 张天嵩, 钟文昭, 李博, 主编. 实用循证医学方法学 (第二版). 长沙: 中南大学出版社, 2014: 372-394.
2. 张天嵩, 董圣杰, 周支瑞. 高级 Meta 分析方法: 基于 Stata 实现. 上海: 复旦大学出版社, 2015: 133-157.
3. 陈新林, 胡月, 郎建英, 等. RevMan, Stata 和 R 软件在生存资料 Meta 分析中应用. 中国循证医学杂志, 2016, 16(6): 736-740.0.
4. Xie M, Zhu J, He X, et al. Liver metastasis from colorectal cancer in the elderly: is surgery justified? Dig Dis Sci, 2015, 60(12): 3525-3535.
5. Le Chevalier T, Scagliotti G, Natale R, et al. Efficacy of gemcitabine plus platinum chemotherapy compared with other platinum containing regimens in advanced non-small-cell lung cancer: a meta-analysis of survival outcomes. Lung Cancer, 2005, 47(1): 69-80.
6. Higgins JPT, Green S(eds). Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Interventions Version 5.1.0 [updated March 2011]. Available at: http://www.cochrane-handbook.org.
7. Tierney JF, Stewart LA, Ghersi D, et al. Practical methods for incorporating summary time-to-event data into meta-analysis. Trials, 2007, 8: 16.
8. 张天嵩. 基于频率学框架的网状 Meta 回归实现与应用. 中国循证医学杂志, 2015, 15(8): 988-992.0.
9. 张天嵩, 钟文昭, 徐同成. 漏斗图的绘制与不对称检验在 Stata 中的实现. 循证医学, 2009, 9(2): 110-114.0.

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