Table 2.
Non-combinability | Bias assessment | P value | Confidence interval | |||
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I 2 | Cochran Q | Egger | Harbord | |||
Idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension | 97.6 % | 96 % to 98.3 % (95 %) | ||||
12.11 | 0.3457 | −49.67 to 73.90 (92.5 %) | ||||
Not diagnosed by right heart catheterization | 35.34 | <0.0001 | ||||
PAH in connective tissue diseases | 96.8 % | 96.2 % to 97.3 % (95 %) | ||||
6.04 | 0.0031 | 2.38 to 9.69 (95 %) | ||||
3.37 | 0.3225 | −2.93 to 9.67 (92.5 %) | ||||
PAH in systemic sclerosis | 95.5 % | 94.1 % to 96.4 % (95 %) | ||||
5.34 | 0.0121 | 1.45 to 9.23 (95 %) | ||||
4.07 | 0.2382 | −2.37 to 10.51 (92.5 %) | ||||
Diagnosed by echocardiography | 79.6 % | 50.9 % to 88.5 % (95 %) | ||||
−1.62 | 0.5386 | −7.91 to 4.68 (95 %) | ||||
−1.66 | 0.439 | −6.09 to 2.77 (92.5 %) | ||||
Diagnosed by right heart catheterization | 92 % | 84.4 % to 95 % (95 %) | ||||
6.03 | 0.1071 | −2.39 to 14.45(95 %) | ||||
5.43 | 0.3774 | −8.66 to 19.53 (92.5 %) | ||||
PAH in lupus | 1.43 | 0.2313 | ||||
PAH in rheumatoid arthritis | 0.93 | 0.3351 |