Table 9.4.a: Summary of meta-analysis methods available in RevMan
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Type of data |
Effect measure |
Fixed-effect methods |
Random-effects methods |
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Dichotomous |
Odds ratio (OR) |
Mantel-Haenszel (M-H) Inverse variance (IV) Peto |
Mantel-Haenszel (M-H) Inverse variance (IV) |
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|
Risk ratio (RR) |
Mantel-Haenszel (M-H) Inverse variance (IV) |
Mantel-Haenszel (M-H) Inverse variance (IV) |
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|
Risk difference (RD) |
Mantel-Haenszel (M-H) Inverse variance (IV) |
Mantel-Haenszel (M-H) Inverse variance (IV) |
|
Continuous |
Mean difference (MD) |
Inverse variance (IV) |
Inverse variance (IV) |
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Standardized mean difference (SMD) |
Inverse variance (IV) |
Inverse variance (IV) |
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O – E and Variance |
User-specified (default ‘Peto odds ratio’) |
Peto |
None |
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Generic inverse variance |
User-specified |
Inverse variance (IV) |
Inverse variance (IV) |
|
Other data |
User-specified |
None |
None |