Table 5. Inter-study heterogeneity and publication bias.
| Parameter | Superficial infection | Deep infection | Unspecified |
| Q chi2 | 62.1893 | 82.3301 | 275.0070 |
| DF {degrees of freedom} | 13 | 21 | 7 |
| Significance level | P < 0.0001 | P < 0.0001 | P < 0.0001 |
| I2 (inconsistency) | 79.10% | 74.49% | 97.45% |
| 95% CI for I2 | 65.58 to 87.30 | 61.31 to 83.18 | 96.34 to 98.23 |
| Egger's test | |||
| Intercept | 0.06168 | 0.1816 | 2.9529 |
| 95% CI | -1.8137 to 1.9371 | -1.0893 to 1.4525 | -4.0700 to 9.9759 |
| Significance level | P = 0.9441 | P = 0.7687 | P = 0.3432 |
| Begg's test | |||
| Kendall's Tau | 0.03297 | 0.09091 | 0.03704 |
| Significance level | P = 0.8695 | P = 0.5537 | P = 0.8979 |