Table 4. Sensitivity analysis.
Items | Studies | Number of patients | Heterogeneity | Overall effect | Higher in | ||
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BMI<25 vs BMI≥25 (kg/m2) | p value | I2 (%) | RR/WMD (95% CI) | p value* | |||
size of urinary stones | 14, 20, 26] | 546/394 | 0.45 | 0 | -0.15(-1.01, 0.72) | 0.74 | / |
calcium oxalate | [19, 21, 22, 24, 25, 27, 28, 30, 32] | 3867/3427 | <0.00001 | 97% | 0.95(0.91, 0.99) | 0.01 | BMI ≥25 |
calcium phosphate | [21, 22, 24, 25, 27, 28, 30, 32] | 3028/2888 | <0.00001 | 91% | 0.98(0.85, 1.14) | 0.83 | / |
uric acid | [19, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 27, 28, 30, 32] | 5283/4475 | 0.00001 | 98% | 0.89(0.86, 0.93) | <0.00001 | BMI ≥25 |
carbapatite | [19, 27, 32] | 1032/1104 | 0.52 | 0% | 1.09(0.85, 1.40) | 0.51 | / |
cystin | [27, 32] | 193/565 | 0.02 | 81% | 2.52(1.20, 5.31) | 0.01 | BMI <25 |
mixed stones | [19, 24, 25, 27] | 1515/1912 | 0.63 | 0% | 1.20(1.08, 1.34) | 0.001 | BMI <25 |
*p <0.05 was considered statistically significant and shown in bold.