Description

Data frame containing the number of deaths in 6 trials comparing transfusion of granulocytes (white blood cells) to control (Stanworth et al. 2005). Previously used to demonstrate informative prior distributions for the heterogeneity variance by Turner et al. (2012).

Usage

Format

A data frame with 12 rows and 4 variables:

studyc

study name

trtc

treatment name

r

total number of deaths

n

total number of individuals

References

Stanworth S, Massey E, Hyde C, Brunskill SJ, Navarette C, Lucas G, Marks D, Paulus U (2005). “Granulocyte transfusions for treating infections in patients with neutropenia or neutrophil dysfunction.” Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. ISSN 1465-1858, doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD005339, https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD005339.

Turner RM, Davey J, Clarke MJ, Thompson SG, Higgins JPT (2012). “Predicting the extent of heterogeneity in meta-analysis, using empirical data from the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews.” International Journal of Epidemiology, 41(3), 818–827. doi: 10.1093/ije/dys041, https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dys041.