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[R-meta] Multivariate and network meta-analysis of multiple outcomes and multiple treatments

2 messages · Arthur Albuquerque, Wolfgang Viechtbauer

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Hi all,

I want to fit a network (ie, >= 3 treatments) meta-analysis with multiple (>=2) outcomes using metafor. The concepts are described in this article by Riley et al?https://www.bmj.com/content/358/bmj.j3932

I could only find examples in the metafor website on network models (but only a single outcome) or multiple outcomes (but only 2 treatments).

Is it possible to fit such model using metafor? If so, can anyone please provide a code example?

Thank you in advance,

Arthur M. Albuquerque

Medical student
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
9 days later
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Dear Arthur,

See below for my brief responses.

Best,
Wolfgang
One can fit multivariate models and one can fit network meta-analysis models using metafor. The combination should also be possible.
I don't have any example code and cannot create any new code at this point due to my injury.