Please can someone help me!
Q1. have been asked by a medical journal reviewer to add successful event/total (sample sizes) to each of my 40 proportion (single group) forest plot graph figures within the manuscript! I made the original forest plot graphs using Stata 15 SE. I have tried for hours (including extensively checking on this forum) for the correct code/added command and see this has been asked before on this forum but never answered. Is this possible does anyone happen to know?
This is an example of the current code/command I run t get the forest plots WITHOUT successful event/total (sample sizes) included:
metaprop numberdead_numeric totalnumber if levelofconsiousness_n ==5 & disease_n ==8, random label(namevar=study)
Q2. Related, if the above isn' possible, an alternative is that I utilise Stata 18 (I now have free access via the University) to run these forest plots, as it appears successful event/total (sample sizes) are automatically displayed when you run a proportion meta-analysis in Stata 18. HOWEVER, a very substantial issue I have with Stata 18 is defining subgroup analyses. Take the above, I wish to specifically select subgroup "5" within the "levelofconsciousness" variable to be able to display only children with deep coma (5) in the meta-analysis forest plot. I seem only able to select the entire variable "levelofconsciousness" as my subgroup within the Stata 18 meta analysis control panel and therefore the forest plot doesn't display the desired subgroup only.
Any words of wisdom would be most gratefully received, I have much to do and a short deadline to update these forest plots to include successful event/total (sample sizes)....
Kind regards
Stephen
Q1. have been asked by a medical journal reviewer to add successful event/total (sample sizes) to each of my 40 proportion (single group) forest plot graph figures within the manuscript! I made the original forest plot graphs using Stata 15 SE. I have tried for hours (including extensively checking on this forum) for the correct code/added command and see this has been asked before on this forum but never answered. Is this possible does anyone happen to know?
This is an example of the current code/command I run t get the forest plots WITHOUT successful event/total (sample sizes) included:
metaprop numberdead_numeric totalnumber if levelofconsiousness_n ==5 & disease_n ==8, random label(namevar=study)
Q2. Related, if the above isn' possible, an alternative is that I utilise Stata 18 (I now have free access via the University) to run these forest plots, as it appears successful event/total (sample sizes) are automatically displayed when you run a proportion meta-analysis in Stata 18. HOWEVER, a very substantial issue I have with Stata 18 is defining subgroup analyses. Take the above, I wish to specifically select subgroup "5" within the "levelofconsciousness" variable to be able to display only children with deep coma (5) in the meta-analysis forest plot. I seem only able to select the entire variable "levelofconsciousness" as my subgroup within the Stata 18 meta analysis control panel and therefore the forest plot doesn't display the desired subgroup only.
Any words of wisdom would be most gratefully received, I have much to do and a short deadline to update these forest plots to include successful event/total (sample sizes)....
Kind regards
Stephen
