Creating a suite of macros for meta-analysis in SAS: A case study in collaboration

Conny Berlin (1) , Michael Branson (2) , Ekkehard Glimm , Tsushung A. Hua , Stephen Senn (3) , James Weir (4)

1 Global Clinical Epidemiology-Drug Safety and Epidemiology.Spain
2 Novartis Pharma AG
3 School of Mathematics and Statistics [Glasgow, UK]
4 Edin. - University of Edinburgh

A series of macros that have been created to perform fixed and random effects meta-analysis in SASare described as is the motivation for their creation. These macros are being made freely available on the internet for others to use. The application of the macros is illustrated using an example of trials in pre-eclampsia.

Mots clés: Fixed effects; Random effects; Binary; Galbraith plot; Forest plot; Funnel plot

Domaines: Bio-informatique [q-bio.QM]; Bio-Informatique, Biologie Systémique [q-bio.QM]

Conny Berlin, Michael Branson, Ekkehard Glimm, Tsushung A. Hua, Stephen Senn, et al.. Creating a suite of macros for meta-analysis in SAS: A case study in collaboration. Statistics and Probability Letters, 2011, 81 (7), pp.842. ⟨10.1016/j.spl.2011.02.010⟩. ⟨hal-00746101⟩