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Table 1 Dataset used for illustrative example

From: A Microsoft-Excel-based tool for running and critically appraising network meta-analyses—an overview and application of NetMetaXL

Study number

Study name

Medical

Cardiac resynchronization

Implantable defibrillator

Combined resynchronization and defibrillator

Amiodarone

Number of events

Number of patients

Number of events

Number of patients

Number of events

Number of patients

Number of events

Number of patients

Number of events

Number of patients

1

CARE_HF-ext

154

404

101

409

      

2

COMPANION

77

308

131

617

  

105

595

  

3

MIRACLE

16

225

12

228

      

4

MUSTIC-SR

0

29

1

29

      

5

SCD-HeFT

244

847

  

182

829

  

240

845

6

MADIT-II

97

490

  

105

742

    

7

DEFINITE

40

229

  

28

229

    

8

CAT

17

54

  

13

50

    

9

MICRACLE-ICD-I

    

5

182

4

187

  

10

MICRACLE-ICD-II

    

2

101

2

85

  

11

CONTAK-CD

    

16

245

11

245

  

12

AMIOVIRT

    

6

51

  

7

52

  1. The data is derived from Lam and Owen [8].