Table 3.
The results for publication bias using the trim-and-fill test.
| Antibody type group | Outcome | n | Before trim and fill | After trim and fill | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pooled estimate | Lower limit | Upper limit | P | Pooled estimate | Lower limit | Upper limit | P | |||
| All | MGFA-PIS | 4 | 0.856 | 0.738 | 0.974 | 0.000 | 0.807 | 0.702 | 0.913 | 0.000 | 
| QMG | 0 | −1.686 | −2.211 | −1.16 | 0.000 | −1.686 | −2.21 | −1.16 | 0.000 | |
| Musk-MG | MGFA-PIS | 3 | 0.929 | 0.701 | 1.158 | 0.000 | 0.902 | 0.7 | 1.104 | 0.000 | 
n, studies trimmed or filled.