Application of meta Package of R in the Meta-Analysis

Objective To introduce the process of meta-analysis with the meta package of R software. Method With some examples the meta-analysis with R software was demonstrated, and the functions of meta package of R, Stata and RevMan were compared. Result With the meta package of the R software, the summary effect value of fixed or random model, and the forest and funnel plot was finished, and did the influence analysis. Conclusion R is a powerful and convenient software. The same function as the Stata, R language is more simple operation and free completely.