Table 3.

Model (5) meta‐analysis results for the prognostic effect of the Apgar score at each cut‐point, where the outcome is neonatal mortality.

	Model (3) with linear trend		Model (3) with inverse quadratic trend
Cut‐point	Summary odds ratio	95% CI	Summary odds ratio	95% CI	95% prediction interval
0	11.36	7.06 to 18.30	21.30	8.07 to 56.17	3.33 to 136.40
1	10.61	6.68 to 16.86	10.40	6.50 to 16.63	2.15 to 50.41
2	9.91	6.30 to 15.59	9.11	5.88 to 14.10	1.90 to 43.60
3	9.26	5.92 to 14.47	8.69	5.63 to 13.42	1.82 to 41.57
4	8.65	5.54 to 13.49	8.51	5.51 to 13.13	1.78 to 40.69
5	8.07	5.17 to 12.62	8.41	5.44 to 12.99	1.76 to 40.23
6	7.54	4.80 to 11.86	8.35	5.40 to 12.90	1.75 to 39.95
7	7.04	4.44 to 11.18	8.31	5.38 to 12.85	1.74 to 39.77
8	6.58	4.09 to 10.58	8.29	5.36 to 12.81	1.73 to 39.65
9	6.14	3.76 to 10.05	8.27	5.35 to 12.78	1.73 to 39.57