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Data metadata for "Rapamycin, not metformin, mirrors dietary restriction-driven lifespan extension in vertebrates: a meta-analysis"

Edward R. Ivimey-Cook*@, Zahida Sultanova*@, and Alexei A. Maklakov
* these authors contributed equally
@ corresponding authors: e.ivimeycook@gmail.com and zahida.sultanova@uea.ac.uk 

Data: analysis_data.csv
Code: create Code folder and run script "Analysis_Script.R". All other scripts are sourced within this one.

Data columns (all names are cleaned when loading):
id = 1:911 unique individual ID
author list: list of authors
title: title of paper
Year: year paper was published (extracted from Scopus/WoS)
m_control: control lifespan measure
n_control: sample size for control
sd_control: standard deviation for control (left blank if not available)
se_control: standard error for control (left blank if not available)
m_treatment: treatment lifespan measure
n_ treatment: sample size for treatment
sd_ treatment: standard deviation for treatment (left blank if not available)
se_ treatment: standard error for treatment (left blank if not available)
m_Measure: median or mean lifespan
m_raw: Whether raw data was given to calculate measures.
m_time: unit of lifespan measure
m_Location: Location of lifespan measure in the paper.
Species: species sampled
Treatment_Type: Type of treatment used (e.g. fasting, percent reduction, rapamycin..)
Treatment_Overall: Broad treatment groups (Rapamycin, Metformin, DR).
Treatment_Name: Treatment name in paper
Sex: Sex studied
Strain: The name of any strain used if appropriate.
Other Variables: Whether any other variables tested in the experiment.
Notes: Additional notes
mice900_keep: whether or not the mice paper passed the 900 day rule.

R version and packages loaded (with versions): see session.txt file.