This project contains code and data files for the manuscript "Methods for estimating absolute risk reduction derived from meta-analyses of binary outcomes" by M. Hassan Murad, Zhen Wang, Ye Zhu, Samer Saadi, Haitao Chu, Lifeng Lin.

Method 1: Meta-analysis of risk difference

Method 2: Transforming a pooled relative effect into RD using an assumed baseline risk

Method 3: Modeling of uncertainty in the baseline risk via simple microsimulation

Method 4: Bivariate random-effects model