Hi folks,

I am using v. 17.0 BE. When using the meta package, I want to present 95% CIs based on the t-distribution. The tdistribution option only appears to work for summarize, but is ignored by forestplot (which presents a narrower CI based on the z-distribution). The manual for meta says that the tdistribution option is valid for forestplot. My code and results are below. Any insight is appreciated.

Thanks,
Ryan

Code:
meta summarize, random(reml) eform("Risk Ratio") tdistribution
RR: 0.39, 95% CI: 0.24-0.63

Code:
meta forestplot, random(reml) eform("Risk Ratio") tdistribution
RR: 0.39, 95% CI: 0.26-0.58

Code:
meta summarize, random(reml) eform("Risk Ratio")
RR: 0.39, 95% CI: 0.26-0.58