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Published in final edited form as: J Behav Med. 2016 Mar 11;39(6):1065–1075. doi: 10.1007/s10865-016-9730-1

Table 2.

Random-Effects Blood Pressure Outcome Estimates and Tests

	k	Effect size	p (ES)	95% Confidence interval	Standard error	I²	Q	p (Q)
Systolic blood pressure outcomes, outliers excluded^a	161	0.235	<.001	0.190, 0.281	0.023	74.245	621.230	<.001
Systolic blood pressure outcomes, all studies included	165	0.292	<.001	0.235, 0.348	0.029	84.722	1073.450	<.001
Diastolic blood pressure outcomes, outliers excluded^b	181	0.189	<.001	0.146, 0.232	0.022	74.705	711.615	<.001
Diastolic blood pressure outcomes, all studies included	188	0.260	<.001	0.207, 0.312	0.027	84.550	1210.389	<.001

Note. k denotes number of comparisons, Q is a conventional heterogeneity statistic, I² is the percentage of total variation among studies’ observed effect sizes due to heterogeneity.

Four comparisons were excluded as outliers.

Seven comparisons excluded as outliers.