SDM preparation

Creation of the SDM table

The name of the studies to be included in the meta-analysis, as well as the sample size of the patients group, must be specified in columns in the SDM table. You can also specify additional variables, which will work as indicators, regressors or filters in subsequent calculations.

To create or edit the table

Press the button [SDM table editor]

or:

Select [SDM table editor] in the Meta-analyses menu, to open the following dialog:

Alternative options

The SDM table is saved in a text file called sdm_table.txt, so that you can create or modify it with any text editor or other software such as Microsoft Excel. In this case, it is advisable to afterwards open the new table with the table editor included in SDM software to ensure that the table is correctly recognized.

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