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. 2023 Jul 24;11:e15734. doi: 10.7717/peerj.15734

Table 4. Sensitivity analysis of success rate.

Heterogeneity Meta-analysis
No. of studies I 2 (%) P Model Risk ratio 95% CI
Subgroup analysis
Anesthesia of infiltration anesthesia
intraseptal anesthesia 2 74 0.05 Random-effect 0.91 0.68–1.23
supraperiosteal anesthesia 4 84 0.0004 Random-effect 0.98 0.71–1.34
subperiosteal infiltration 1 NA NA NA 1 0.75–1.34
Sample size
≤30 2 0 1.00 Random-effect 1.00 0.89–1.12
>30 5 80 0.0006 Random-effect 0.94 0.72–1.22
Adrenaline concentration
1:80000 3 81 0.006 Random-effect 1.02 0.56–1.84
1:100000 3 69 0.04 Random-effect 0.87 0.71–1.07
1:200000 1 NA NA NA 1.36 1.04–1.79
Sensitivity analysis
Brkovic et al., 2010 excluded 6 77 0.0006 Random-effect 0.94 0.76–1.17
Subramaniam et al., 2018 excluded 6 77 0.0006 Random-effect 0.96 0.79–1.16
Meechan 2002 excluded 6 63 0.02 Random-effect 0.97 0.85–1.11
Al-Shayyab et al., 2017 excluded 6 68 0.009 Random-effect 1.00 0.84–1.19
Jain 2018 excluded 6 75 0.001 Random-effect 0.95 0.76–1.18
Ryalat 2018 excluded 6 79 0.0002 Random-effect 0.90 0.74–1.11
Biocanin 2013 excluded 6 72 0.003 Random-effect 1.00 0.84–1.19