You should have a look at MiX http://www.meta-analysis-made-easy.com/

I have no experience of this but Jim Weir reviewed this and other packages prior to developing SAS macros for meta-analysis with me and Tsushung Hua, Conny Berlin, Michael Branson and Ekkehard Glimm (see http://www.senns.demon.co.uk/SAS%20Macros/SASMacros.html ).

What is MS Excel ?

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thank you for kind response. to share what was happened.... i found STATA more useful (at least for me) rather than Micro Soft Excel

You can not do met analysis by excel software.for this analysis you can use Reman software or comprehensive metaanalysis software.I have it and if i know your project, i will help you.

Hello Dr Abdelbaqy, I did help years ago with a meta-analysis but I have not used the software since that time so the first author is probably the better person to ask for help. I have Excel but I have not used this for the task you want information on. Regards, Deborah

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Hello Luis Tito de Morais,

In answer to your query; What is Excel? I also did not think that it can be used for meta-analysis. Thanks Deborah Hilton

Excel is a spreadsheet program in the Microsoft Office system. You can use Excel to create and format workbooks (a collection of spreadsheets) in order to analyze data and make more informed business decisions. Specifically, you can use Excel to track data, build models for analyzing data, write formulas to perform calculations on that data, pivot the data in numerous ways, and present data in a variety of professional looking charts.

Common scenarios for using Excel include:

Accounting You can use the powerful calculation features of Excel in many financial accounting statements—for example, a cash flow statement, income statement, or profit and loss statement.

Budgeting Whether your needs are personal or business related, you can create any type of budget in Excel—for example, a marketing budget plan, an event budget, or a retirement budget.

Billing and sales Excel is also useful for managing billing and sales data, and you can easily create the forms that you need—for example, sales invoices, packing slips, or purchase orders.

Reporting You can create various types of reports in Excel that reflect your data analysis or summarize your data—for example, reports that measure project performance, show variance between projected and actual results, or reports that you can use to forecast data.

Planning Excel is a great tool for creating professional plans or useful planners—for example, a weekly class plan, a marketing research plan, a year-end tax plan, or planners that help you organize weekly meals, parties, or vacations.

Tracking You can use Excel to keep track of data in a time sheet or list—for example, a time sheet for tracking work, or an inventory list that keeps track of equipment.

Using calendars Because of its grid-like workspace, Excel lends itself well to creating any type of calendar—for example, an academic calendar to keep track of activities during the school year, or a fiscal year calendar to track business events and milestones.

I use RevMan to do the analyses but I made an Excel plot so I can send something my co-workers can resize and reformat.

Use the stock plot in Excel; since that goes horizontal with vertical high-low bars, you will need to rotate the axis text. You can also separately format a single data point, such as using a diamond instead of a circle to show the total estimated effect.

Anyone with a similar question might also want to consider Meta-Essentials, a set of free and simple workbooks for Microsoft Excel. Among many other features, it also produces forest plots with subgroups. Have a look at www.meta-essentials.com if you like.

Good luck!

Henk

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