%0 Journal Article %1 Lumley2002 %A Lumley, Thomas %D 2002 %J Statistics in medicine %K Angioplasty Angioplasty:standards FibrinolyticAgents FibrinolyticAgents:therapeuticuse Humans Meta-AnalysisasTopic Models MyocardialInfarction MyocardialInfarction:therapy RecombinantProteins RecombinantProteins:therapeuticuse Statistical ThrombolyticTherapy ThrombolyticTherapy:standards TissuePlasminogenActivator TissuePlasminogenActivator:therapeuticuse %N 16 %P 2313-24 %R 10.1002/sim.1201 %T Network meta-analysis for indirect treatment comparisons. %U http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12210616 %V 21 %X I present methods for assessing the relative effectiveness of two treatments when they have not been compared directly in a randomized trial but have each been compared to other treatments. These network meta-analysis techniques allow estimation of both heterogeneity in the effect of any given treatment and inconsistency ('incoherence') in the evidence from different pairs of treatments. A simple estimation procedure using linear mixed models is given and used in a meta-analysis of treatments for acute myocardial infarction. %@ 0277-6715

@article{Lumley2002, abstract = {I present methods for assessing the relative effectiveness of two treatments when they have not been compared directly in a randomized trial but have each been compared to other treatments. These network meta-analysis techniques allow estimation of both heterogeneity in the effect of any given treatment and inconsistency ('incoherence') in the evidence from different pairs of treatments. A simple estimation procedure using linear mixed models is given and used in a meta-analysis of treatments for acute myocardial infarction.}, added-at = {2023-02-03T11:44:35.000+0100}, author = {Lumley, Thomas}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2d31890f7e0af96d7a1b5190d820e4ae1/jepcastel}, city = {Department of Biostatistics, University of Washington, Box 357232, Seattle, WA 98195-7232, USA. tlumley@u.washington.edu}, doi = {10.1002/sim.1201}, interhash = {e4649eaae46af955c599d424e347e199}, intrahash = {d31890f7e0af96d7a1b5190d820e4ae1}, isbn = {0277-6715}, issn = {0277-6715}, journal = {Statistics in medicine}, keywords = {Angioplasty Angioplasty:standards FibrinolyticAgents FibrinolyticAgents:therapeuticuse Humans Meta-AnalysisasTopic Models MyocardialInfarction MyocardialInfarction:therapy RecombinantProteins RecombinantProteins:therapeuticuse Statistical ThrombolyticTherapy ThrombolyticTherapy:standards TissuePlasminogenActivator TissuePlasminogenActivator:therapeuticuse}, month = {8}, note = {639<m:linebreak></m:linebreak>LR: 20041117; PUBM: Print; CI: Copyright 2002; JID: 8215016; 0 (Fibrinolytic Agents); 0 (Recombinant Proteins); 133652-38-7 (reteplase); EC 3.4.21.68 (Tissue Plasminogen Activator); ppublish;<m:linebreak></m:linebreak>Network meta-analysis}, number = 16, pages = {2313-24}, pmid = {12210616}, timestamp = {2023-02-03T11:44:35.000+0100}, title = {Network meta-analysis for indirect treatment comparisons.}, url = {http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12210616}, volume = 21, year = 2002 }