Table 1. Meta-analyses included in this analysis.
Intervention | No. of Data Sources | No. of Experiments | No. of Animals | Reported Effect Size (95%Cl) |
Estrogens [10] | 27 | 99 | 1,452 | 26.7% (20.4%–33.0%) |
FK506 [12] | 27 | 96 | 1,596 | 32.0% (27.8%–36.3%) |
Growth factors | 70 | 128 | 1,750 | 29.7% (25.9%–33.4%) |
Hypothermia [40] | 98 | 222 | 3,256 | 43.5% (40.1%–47.0%) |
IL1-RA [21] | 23 | 44 | 784 | 38.2% (31.2%–45.1%) |
Melatonin [13] | 12 | 29 | 443 | 42.1% (35.7%–48.5%) |
Minocycline | 8 | 25 | 535 | 30.9% (24.1%–37.6%) |
Nicotinamide [11] | 11 | 57 | 719 | 29.2% (23.0%–35.5%) |
NOS donors [19] | 17 | 40 | 483 | 21.4% (13.7%–29.1%) |
NOS inhibitors [41] | 52 | 148 | 1,998 | 22.2% (17.1%–27.3%) |
NXY-059 [14] | 9 | 29 | 408 | 43.8% (34.7%–52.8%) |
Piracetam and related compounds [18] | 5 | 14 | 197 | 29.6% (16.1%–44.4%) |
Stem cells | 46 | 112 | 1,352 | 29.6% (23.7%–35.4%) |
Tirilazad [16] | 18 | 34 | 544 | 31.9% (23.1%–40.7%) |
tPA [15] | 105 | 256 | 4,029 | 22.5% (19.2%–25.9%) |
Other thrombolyics | 12 | 26 | 410 | 46.6% (35.7%–57.5%) |
Pooled analysis | 525 * | 1,359 | 19,956 | 31.3% (29.7%–32.8%) |
*Fifteen data sources were represented in more than one review and are included only once in the pooled analysis.