I was trying to do meta analysis o effect of ART on congenital anomalies. I was trying to do subgroup analysis. I am getting data for subgroups (ART, PI, NRTI, NNRTI) from one study. Can I take and put them together in Rev man. When i didthe author may appear 2 times in the pooled analysis. Did any one has information how to inter this type of data in Revman or Stata.
There are several epidemiologists specifically involved in doing these kinds of analyses in ART from Columbia and Harvard to whom I could refer you if you are interested. I can ask them the question for you, if you prefer and then if they are interested to advise, may put you directly in touch with them. To me, the key issue in what you are asking is to ensure that you do not misrepresent the meta-analysis as coming from two studies when in fact they are two papers/studies coming from one common set of data/main study. You should be looking at independent studies with equivalent data that would allow for such comparisons. I cannot speak to entering these types of data (data is a plural word by the way) in Revman or Stata.
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