Table 3.
Groups or subgroups | Number of trials [reference] | Number of patients | RR; 95% CI | P value | Test of heterogeneity | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
P value | I 2 | |||||
Overall symptoms | 2 [16] | 768 | 0.95; 0.73–1.24 | 0.710 | 0.510 | 0% |
50 mg, tid | 1 [16] | 227 | 1.46; 0.78–2.73 | 0.230 | NA | NA |
100 mg, tid | 2 [16] | 431 | 0.83; 0.55–1.26 | 0.380 | 0.420 | 0% |
300 mg, tid | 2 [16] | 441 | 0.90; 0.60–1.34 | 0.590 | 0.590 | 0% |
PDS | 2 [16] | 396 | 0.71; 0.50–1.02 | 0.060 | 0.300 | 18% |
50 mg, tid | 1 [16] | 151 | 1.22; 0.64–2.34 | 0.540 | NA | NA |
100 mg, tid | 2 [16] | 206 | 0.51; 0.26–0.99 | 0.050 | 0.370 | 0% |
300 mg, tid | 2 [16] | 218 | 0.61; 0.34–1.10 | 0.100 | 0.560 | 0% |
EPSa | 2 [16] | 320 | 1.76; 0.90–3.45 | 0.100 | 0.190 | 35% |
50 mg, tid | 1 [16] | 73 | 3.89; 0.46–33.17 | 0.210 | NA | NA |
100 mg, tid | 2 [16] | 184 | 1.91; 0.48–7.57 | 0.360 | 0.170 | 47% |
300 mg, tid | 2 [16] | 192 | 2.31; 0.34–15.74 | 0.390 | 0.070 | 70% |
aMantel-Haenszel random-effects model.
CI, confidential interval; FD, functional dyspepsia; NA, not applicable; RR, risk ratio; and tid, three times daily.