Table 3.
Method | Outcome | Point est. | LCL | UCL | Two‐sided p‐value |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Peto | OR | 1.43 | 1.03 | 1.98 | 0.032 |
DL | OR | 1.29 | 0.94 | 1.76 | 0.12 |
DL | RR | 1.28 | 0.94 | 1.75 | 0.12 |
SGS (1) | RR | 1.41 | 1.14 | 1.75 | 0.0026 |
SGS (2) | RR | 1.41 | 1.13 | 1.76 | 0.0031 |
(1) includes all 48 studies; (2) excludes 10 studies with no event on both arms.
DL, DerSimonian and Laird; SGS, Shuster, Guo and Skylar; RR, relative risk; OR, odds ratio; LCL(UCL)=lower (upper) 95% confidence limit.