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. 2023 Mar 30;49(3):281–298. doi: 10.1590/S1677-5538.IBJU.2022.0587

Table 4. Sensitivity analysis.

Items Studies Number of patients Heterogeneity Overall effect   Higher in
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.