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The relative risk (also called 'risk ratio') is the quotient of the probabilities of an event under two conditions (ie, p1/p2). The RR has a possible range of [0, +infinity). It is a common measure of effect size in biomedical research.
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Interpreting meta-analysis risk ratios for dose-dependent effect
I agree with @Wolfgang and @mdewey that you need to clarify better your goals, and that a multivariate/network approach is most precise.
In case you want to pursue this further, you can refer to the …
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Relative risk not making sense for meta-analysis
As clearly stated in the Cochrane Handbook (https://handbook-5-1.cochrane.org/chapter_9/9_4_4_1_mantel_haenszel_methods.htm):
The Mantel-Haenszel methods (Mantel 1959, Greenland 1985) are the
de …
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How to carry out adjusted indirect comparison or 'Bucher method' meta-analysis
Adjusted indirect comparisons are a special case of network meta-analyses, where there is no closed loop in the evidence network. For further details, You can refer to several useful websites, books, …
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Examples of meta-analyses where individual associatons are reported as odds ratios, risk rat...
The approach I reccommend is to convert odds ratios into relative risks using the control group event rate as baseline, and then pool relative risks and hazard ratios together.
You may stratify the a …