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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Jul 23.
Published in final edited form as: Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2011 Jul 6;(7):CD008305. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD008305.pub2

Appendix 20. Sensitivity analysis taking into account risk of bias (‘other bias’).

Outcome Sensitivity analysis on other bias Result
1.1.3 TC Exclude studies with other bias (Wang 2003; Xu 2000) MD 0.09 (95% CI −0.31 to 0.49)
I2 = Not applicable
1.1.4 TC Exclude studies with other bias (Lu 1998) MD 0.14 (95% CI −0.14 to 0.42)
I2 = 89%
1.2.3 TG Exclude studies with other bias (Wang 2003; Xu 2000) MD 0.49 (95% CI 0.18 to 0.80)
I2 = Not applicable
1.2.4 TG Exclude studies with other bias (Lu 1998) MD −0.03 (95% CI −0.10 to 0.04)
I2 = 52%
1.3.3 HDL-C Exclude studies with other bias (Wang 2003; Xu 2000) MD 0.10 (95% CI −0.03 to 0.23)
I2 = Not applicable
1.3.4 HDL-C Exclude studies with other bias (Lu 1998) MD 0.02 (95% CI −0.10 to 0.15)
I2 = 91%
1.4.3 LDL-C Exclude studies with other bias (Wang 2003; Xu 2000) MD −0.22 (95% CI −0.46 to 0.02)
I2 = Not applicable
1.4.4 LDL-C Exclude studies with other bias (Lu 1998) MD 0.14 (95% CI −0.11 to 0.38)
I2 = 89%