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. 2016 Jul 28;16:87. doi: 10.1186/s12874-016-0184-5

Table 2.

Results for the topical antibiotics data using importance sampling, MCMC in OpenBUGS and REML estimation. Estimates are log odds ratios

Parameter Estimate SD MCSE 2.5 % 50 % 97.5 %
Importance B: Quinolone δ AB -1.85 0.62 0.0012 -3.18 -1.82 -0.69
sampling C: Non-quinolone δ AC -1.31 0.71 0.0014 -2.78 -1.29 0.03
D: Antiseptic δ AD -0.64 0.65 0.0013 -2.01 -0.62 0.60
Heterogeneity τβ2 0.28 0.31 0.0006 0.01 0.18 1.09
Inconsistency τω2 0.22 0.38 0.0007 0.00 0.08 1.20
MCMC B: Quinolone δ AB -1.85 0.62 0.0052 -3.15 -1.82 -0.68
C: Non-quinolone δ AC -1.30 0.71 0.0061 -2.77 -1.28 0.04
D: Antiseptic δ AD -0.64 0.65 0.0053 -1.99 -0.62 0.61
Heterogeneity τβ2 0.28 0.31 0.0017 0.01 0.18 1.09
Inconsistency τω2 0.22 0.38 0.0030 0.00 0.08 1.19
Parameter Estimate SE CI lower CI upper p-value
REML B: Quinolone δ AB -1.97 0.68 -3.30 -0.65 <0.01
estimation C: Non-quinolone δ AC -1.40 0.81 -2.98 0.18 0.08
D: Antiseptic δ AD -0.66 0.72 -2.07 0.75 0.36
Heterogeneity τβ2 0.10 0.00 1.67
Inconsistency τω2 0.54 0.00 3.96