Table 4. Publication bias of studies examined with Begger test.
Begger | Begger | ||||||
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Time | No. studies | Z | P | Years post-interruption | No. studies | Z | P |
1992 | 1 | NA | 1 | 1 | NA | ||
1993 | 1 | NA | 2 | 2 | 1.00 | 0.32 | |
1994 | 2 | 1.00 | 0.32 | 3 | 3 | 0.52 | 0.60 |
1995 | 5 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 4 | 2 | 1.00 | 0.32 |
1996 | 7 | -1.05 | 0.29 | 5 | 3 | -1.57 | 0.12 |
1997 | 8 | 0.49 | 0.62 | 6 | 2 | 1.00 | 0.32 |
1998 | 7 | 0.19 | 0.85 | 7 | 1 | NA | |
1999 | 9 | 1.04 | 0.30 | 8 | 1 | NA | |
2000 | 7 | 1.65 | 0.10 | 9 | 4 | 1.36 | 0.17 |
2001 | 8 | 0.45 | 0.65 | 10 | 8 | -0.49 | 0.62 |
2002 | 7 | 0.75 | 0.45 | 11 | 8 | -0.25 | 0.81 |
2003 | 9 | 0.21 | 0.84 | 12 | 9 | 0.83 | 0.40 |
2004 | 10 | 0.80 | 0.42 | 13 | 9 | -0.25 | 0.81 |
2005 | 13 | 0.69 | 0.49 | 14 | 13 | 1.22 | 0.22 |
2006 | 16 | 0.63 | 0.53 | 15 | 13 | 0.61 | 0.54 |
2007 | 14 | 0.05 | 0.96 | 16 | 14 | 0.61 | 0.54 |
2008 | 20 | 0.72 | 0.47 | 17 | 8 | 0.99 | 0.32 |
2009 | 13 | 0.41 | 0.68 | 18 | 9 | 0.25 | 0.81 |
2010 | 9 | 1.98 | 0.05 | 19 | 8 | 1.24 | 0.22 |
2011 | 7 | 1.05 | 0.29 | 20 | 7 | 0.15 | 0.88 |
2012 | 3 | 0.52 | 0.60 | 21 | 9 | 0.74 | 0.46 |
2013 | 1 | NA | 22 | 7 | 1.35 | 0.18 | |
23 | 11 | 0.45 | 0.66 | ||||
24 | 7 | -0.75 | 0.45 | ||||
25 | 4 | 0 | 1 | ||||
26 | 4 | 0.68 | 0.50 | ||||
27 | 4 | 1.57 | 0.12 | ||||
28 | 3 | 1.00 | 0.32 | ||||
29 | 1 | NA | |||||
30 | 1 | NA | |||||
31 | 1 | NA |