Table 2.
Effect of increasing within trial precision (factor M) on heterogeneity measures (data in [14]).
| Factor | Measure | |||
| M | Q (P-value) | I2 | H | |
| 1 | 0.018 | 85 (0.0953) | 18.6% [0%; 40.1%] | 1.11 [1; 1.29] |
| 4 | 0.008 | 98 (0.0135) | 29.2% [4.5%; 47.6%] | 1.19 [1.02; 1.38] |
| 16 | 0.027 | 454 (<0.0001) | 84.8% [81.4%; 87.5%] | 2.56 [2.32; 2.83] |
| 64 | 0.028 | 1708 (<0.0001) | 96.0% [95.4%; 96.5%] | 4.98 [4.65; 5.32] |