Draw a ggplot2 forest plot — ggforestplot • ggforestplotR

Builds a forest plot from standardized coefficient data or directly from a fitted model, with optional grouped sections, striped rows, separator lines for labeled variable blocks, and controls for point shape and confidence-interval staples.

Usage

ggforestplot(
  data,
  term = "term",
  estimate = "estimate",
  conf.low = "conf.low",
  conf.high = "conf.high",
  label = term,
  group = NULL,
  grouping = NULL,
  grouping_strip_position = c("left", "right"),
  separator_group = NULL,
  n = NULL,
  p.value = NULL,
  exponentiate = FALSE,
  sort_terms = c("none", "descending", "ascending"),
  point_size = 2.3,
  point_shape = 19,
  line_size = 0.5,
  staple_width = 0.2,
  dodge_width = 0.6,
  separator_lines = FALSE,
  separator_line_linetype = 2,
  separator_line_colour = "black",
  separator_line_size = 0.4,
  striped_rows = FALSE,
  stripe_fill = "grey95",
  stripe_colour = NA,
  zero_line = TRUE,
  zero_line_linetype = 2,
  zero_line_colour = "grey60"
)

Arguments

data: Either a tidy coefficient data frame or a model object supported by broom::tidy().
term, estimate, conf.low, conf.high, label, group, grouping, grouping_strip_position, separator_group, n, p.value: Column names used when data is a data frame.
exponentiate: Logical; if TRUE, draw the estimate axis on a log scale with a null line at 1.
sort_terms: How to sort rows: "none", "descending", or "ascending".
point_size: Point size for coefficient markers.
point_shape: Shape used for coefficient markers.
line_size: Line width for confidence intervals.
staple_width: Width of the terminal staples on confidence interval lines.
dodge_width: Horizontal dodging used for grouped estimates.
separator_lines: Logical; if TRUE, draw dashed separator lines around each labeled block identified by separator_group.
separator_line_linetype: Line type used for separator lines.
separator_line_colour: Colour used for separator lines.
separator_line_size: Line width used for separator lines.
striped_rows: Logical; if TRUE, shade alternating rows.
stripe_fill: Fill color used for shaded rows.
stripe_colour: Border color for shaded rows.
zero_line: Logical; if TRUE, draw a null reference line.
zero_line_linetype: Line type for the null reference line.
zero_line_colour: Color for the null reference line.

Value

A ggplot object. Use standard ggplot2 functions such as labs() for plot labels, and add composition helpers after styling the main plot.

Examples

coefs <- data.frame(
  term = c("Age", "BMI", "Treatment"),
  estimate = c(0.10, -0.08, 0.34),
  conf.low = c(0.02, -0.16, 0.12),
  conf.high = c(0.18, 0.00, 0.56)
)

ggforestplot(coefs)


ggforestplot(coefs, striped_rows = TRUE, point_shape = 17) +
  ggplot2::labs(title = "Basic forest plot")