Abstract
When performing a meta analysis, it is often necessary to combine results from several 2 x 2 contingency tables. The Mantel-Haenszel model assumes a common measure of association between the treatment and outcome variables across the tables. A Bayesian method is described for drawing inferences regarding the measure of association, for checking the plausibility of the Mantel-Haenszel model, and for drawing inferences regarding the success rates for the individual studies. While the methodology is readily extendable to random effects models, a fixed effects approach avoids the complex statistical modelling of a mixture distribution which is required for the good application of random effects models.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 2295-2312 |
Number of pages | 18 |
Journal | Statistics in Medicine |
Volume | 21 |
Issue number | 16 |
Early online date | 1 Jan 2002 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 30 Aug 2002 |