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[R-meta] Meta-analysis with only p.values and N?

6 messages · t@s@ueressig m@iii@g oii gmx@de, Michael Dewey, Raquel Cumeras Olmeda

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Dear all,

We are trying to do a meta-analysis of metabolomics data.
In metabolomics, we study the changes of the concentrations of compounds in biofluids.

So, for the data I am trying to analyze I have the p.value of the relevant compounds and the N of the patients and controls.

We tried to do a forest plot, but we don't know how to do it with only the p.value and the N.

Any help would be more than welcome!

Raquel Cumeras

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Raquel Cumeras, Ph.D.
Marie Curie Postdoctoral Research Fellow
- Institut d'Investigaci? Sanit?ria Pere Virgili (IISPV, ES). Metabolomics Platform<http://metabolomicsplatform.com/>.
- University of California Davis (UC Davis, USA). Fiehn lab.
- Affiliated to Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV, ES) and CIBERDEM (ISCIII, ES).

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Dear Raquel

If you have the means or the difference in means as well then you can 
back-calculate what you need but if not I am afraid I can see no way 
forward although other smarter list readers may be able to help.

Michael
On 04/12/2020 18:45, Raquel Cumeras Olmeda wrote:

  
    
  
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Those methods have their uses but if Raquel wants a forest plot I do not 
think they generate the required effect size with its confidence interval.

Michael
On 05/12/2020 14:19, t.saueressig at gmx.de wrote:

  
    
  
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Thanks for your inputs, after checking all the possibilities, I am afraid that we cannot do the forest plot because we don't have all the needed input data.
Raquel

-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Dewey <lists at dewey.myzen.co.uk> 
Sent: Saturday, December 5, 2020 8:16 AM
To: t.saueressig at gmx.de
Cc: Raquel Cumeras Olmeda <raquel.cumeras at urv.cat>; r-sig-meta-analysis at r-project.org
Subject: Re: [R-meta] Meta-analysis with only p.values and N?

Those methods have their uses but if Raquel wants a forest plot I do not think they generate the required effect size with its confidence interval.

Michael
On 05/12/2020 14:19, t.saueressig at gmx.de wrote:
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