Dechartres_Comparison_of_Estimates_between

<b>This excel file includes all relevant trial-level variables to replicate the meta-epidemiological analysis for the article "</b> Comparison of Estimates between Cohort and Case-control studies in Meta-analyses of Therapeutic Interventions: A Meta-epidemiological Study"<b> </b> <b> </b> <b>Variable coding</b> <b>nMA</b> = meta-analysis ID <b>studyID</b> = number of study ID <b>author</b> = first author last name <b>date</b> = year of publication <b>design</b> = [0] prospective nonrandomized study (all subjects are recruited and evaluated prospectively, but the control arm is not created through randomization) [1] retrospective cohort study (subjects are evaluated retrospectively and study arms are concurrent [without matching]) [2] historical control study (uses<b> </b>retrospective, nonconcurrent controls) [3] case-control study (compared groups are defined on the basis of the outcome and/or matching is used) [4] other or not specified design <b>funding</b> = [0] public, [1] private, [2] both, [3] unreported, [4] unclear <b>center</b> = [0] single center, [1] multicenter, [2] unreported <b>propens</b> = propensity score analysis conducted [0] with matching, [1] with adjustment, [2] with weighting, [3] unreported <b>adjust</b> = confounding variables were adjusted for in analysis [0] yes, [1] no, [2] unreported <b>ana_exp</b> = number of participants analyzed in experimental group <b>ana_ctl</b> = number of participants analyzed in control group <b>ana_both</b> = number of participants analyzed in both groups <b>out_exp</b> = number of participants with outcome in experimental group <b>out_ctl</b> = number of participants with outcome in control group <b>out_both</b> = number of participants with outcome in both groups <b>result</b> = were the results reported as [OR], [RR], [HR], or unreported [.] <b>unad_CI =</b> unadjusted 95% confidence interval for results <b>adj_CI</b> = adjusted 95% confidence interval for results <b>unad_val</b> = unadjusted value for results <b>adj_val</b> = adjusted value for results <b>logestcrude</b>=log estimate for the crude analysis <b>selogestcrude</b>=standard error of the log estimate for the crude analysis <b>logestadj</b>= log estimate for the adjusted analysis <b>selogestadj</b>=standard error of the log estimate for the adjusted analysis <b>logest</b>=log estimate (adjusted if adjusted analyses, crude if no adjusted analysis) <b>selogest</b>= corresponding standard error <b>casecontrol</b>= 1=case control study; 0=cohort study <b>pharmaco</b>= 1=pharmacological intervention, 0=non-pharmacological intervention