Meta-analysis of published data using a linear mixed-effects model

被引:132
作者
Stram, DO
机构
[1] Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles
关键词
effect heterogeneity; random effects; structural variances; variance components;
D O I
10.2307/2532893
中图分类号
Q [生物科学];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
This paper describes the use of a linear mixed-effects regression model as a framework for the meta-analysis of published data. It generalizes the random-effects models used by DerSimonian and Laird (1986, Controlled Clinical Trials 7, 177-188) and Begg and Pilote (1991, Biometrics 47, 899-906), and describes the use of the model using examples from these papers and the data given by Tori et al. (1992, Journal of the National Cancer Institute 84, 407-414).
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页码:536 / 544
页数:9
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