Description

Data frame containing the number of new cases of diabetes in 22 trials of 6 antihypertensive drugs (Elliott and Meyer 2007; Dias et al. 2011). The trial duration (in years) is also recorded.

Usage

Format

A data frame with 48 rows and 7 variables:

studyn

numeric study ID

studyc

study name

trtn

numeric treatment code

trtc

treatment name

r

total number of events

n

total number of individuals

time

trial follow-up (years)

References

Dias S, Welton NJ, Sutton AJ, Ades AE (2011). “NICE DSU Technical Support Document 2: A generalised linear modelling framework for pair-wise and network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials.” National Institute for Health and Care Excellence. http://nicedsu.org.uk/.

Elliott WJ, Meyer PM (2007). “Incident diabetes in clinical trials of antihypertensive drugs: a network meta-analysis.” The Lancet, 369(9557), 201–207. doi: 10.1016/s0140-6736(07)60108-1, https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(07)60108-1.