Ross J. Harris () (Department of Social Medicine, University of Bristol) Michael J. Bradburn (Health Services Research Center, University of Sheffield) Jonathan J. Deeks (Department of Primary Care Medicine, University of Birmingham) Roger M. Harbord (Department of Social Medicine, University of Bristol) Douglas G. Altman (Centre for Statistics in Medicine, University of Oxford) Jonathan A. C. Sterne (Department of Social Medicine, University of Bristol)
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This article describes updates of the meta-analysis command metan and options that have been added since the command’s original publication (Bradburn, Deeks, and Altman, metan - an alternative meta-analysis command, Stata Technical Bulletin Reprints, vol. 8, pp. 86–100). These include version 9 graphics with flexible display options, the ability to meta-analyze precalculated effect esti- mates, and the ability to analyze subgroups by using the by() option. Changes to the output, saved variables, and saved results are also described. Copyright 2008 by StataCorp LP.
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