Table 3.

Study weights (%) and BoS (%) for each outcome, expressed as percentages, in the multivariate meta-analysis of the 10 hypertension trials.

	Direct information % (equation (14))				BoS % (equation (12))				Weight % (equation (13))
Trial	SBP	DBP	CVD	Stroke	SBP	DBP	CVD	Stroke	SBP	DBP	CVD	Stroke
1	10.94	10.49	2.69	0.6	0.04	0.00	0.35	3.29	10.98	10.49	3.03	3.88
2	7.34	7.21	3.55	3.7	0.17	0.40	0.23	1.07	7.51	7.62	3.77	4.77
3	5.04	6.62	2.24	1.91	0.47	0.05	0.76	1.80	5.50	6.67	2.99	3.71
4	11.54	11.23	14.37	8.3	0.04	0.01	0.20	1.08	11.57	11.24	14.57	9.38
5	11.77	11.48	13.78	5.37	0.03	0.01	0.15	2.69	11.80	11.49	13.92	8.06
6	11.12	10.87	17.04	13.74	0.01	0.01	0.30	0.30	11.13	10.88	17.34	14.04
7	11.53	11.37	23.63	19.82	0.01	0.02	1.05	5.07	11.55	11.39	24.68	24.89
8	6.74	7.46	0.39	0.83	0.14	0.03	0.44	1.79	6.88	7.49	0.83	2.62
9	11.36	11.21	4.73	11.84	0.01	0.00	0.72	3.52	11.37	11.21	5.45	15.36
10	11.69	11.52	13.37	13.11	0.01	0.01	0.03	0.17	11.70	11.54	13.4	13.28
Total	99.07	99.46	95.78	79.22	0.93	0.54	4.22	20.78	100	100	100	100

SBP: systolic blood pressure; SBP: systolic blood pressure; CVD: cardiovascular disease.