A practical introduction to multivariate meta-analysis

• Published in: Statistical methods in medical research Vol. 22; no. 2; pp. 133 - 158
• Main Authors: Mavridis, Dimitris, Salanti, Georgia
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London, England SAGE Publications 01.04.2013; Sage Publications Ltd
• Subjects: Bayes Theorem; Guidance; Humans; Markov chain Monte Carlo method; Markov Chains; Meta-Analysis as Topic; Monte Carlo Method; Multivariate Analysis; Software; random effects; structural equation models; Bayesian methods; software; correlated outcomes

Multivariate meta-analysis is becoming increasingly popular and official routines or self-programmed functions have been included in many statistical software. In this article, we review the statistical methods and the related software for multivariate meta-analysis. Emphasis is placed on Bayesian m...