β Blockade after myocardial infarction: systematic review and meta regression analysis
Several errors crept into this paper by Freemantle and colleagues (26 June 1999, pp 1730-7). In figures 1 and 2 some of the references were incorrectly cited and several bars did not agree with the odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals.
Fig 1 Odds of death and pooled odds ratios in short term trials (arrows indicate 95% confidence intervals exceeding range of plot). ISIS-1=first international study of infarct survival; TIMI IIB=thrombolysis in myocardial infarction phase II trial; MIAMI=metoprolol in acute myocardial infarction; CPRG=Coronary Prevention Research Group; ICSG=International Collaborative Study Group; UKCSG=UK Collaborative Study Group
Fig 2 Odds of death and pooled odds ratios in long term trials. LIT=lopressor
intervention; BHAT=β -blocker heart attack trial
