网状Meta分析在JAGS软件中的实现

Conducting Network Meta-analysis Using JAGS Software

JAGS是为了弥补WinBUGS软件和OpenBUGS软件而研发的一款基于贝叶斯统计的软件。该软件属于编程软件,自身独立拥有软件的一套贝叶斯运算函数及公式。JAGS软件具有操作界面简单,与系统兼容好,运行流畅,且与其他软件具有良好交互性的优点,能够完成各种类型的Meta分析。由于该软件自身缺乏对结果数据读取、解读以及图形绘制等功能,使得其的应用及推广较差;而其与其他软件具有良好交互性的这一特点,使其能够与R软件完美地相结合并充分地弥补该部分功能不足。本文以实例剖析的形式介绍了如何使用JAGS软件实现最复杂和最热门的网状Meta分析。

The goal of JAGS（Just Another Gibbs Sampler）is a software developed based on Bayesian statistics and is aimed to remedy the shortcomings of WinBUGS and OpenBUGS software.JAGS owns independent computing function and formula of Bayesian theory;it characteristics of simple user interface,good system compatibility,smoother operation,and good interactivity with other programming software.Now JAGS can finish all types of meta-analysis.However,due to the limitations of lacking function for results data reading and unscrambling and graph plotting,the popularization and application of JAGS software is restricted.With good interactivity with other programming software,JAGS can be called from R and this can remedy its limitations.In this article,we introduced how to perform the most complex and hottest network meta-analysis using a living example.