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. 2016 Oct 6;11(10):e0162368. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0162368

Table 4. Analysis of heterogeneity by “exclusion of one trial each time” method.

Authors I2 a P b IV 95% CI c
AST;I2 = 76%, p = 0.21 Byrne, et al.(2014) 81% 0.22 -7.81[-20.30,4.67]
Lu-Hua Yang, et al.(2015) 79% 0.57 -4.41[-19.53,10.71]
Purrello, et al.(2007) 81% 0.29 -7.22[-20.68,6.25]
Sofi, et al.(2010) 74% 0.64 -2.88[-14.89,9.12]
Feng-Shang Zhu, et al.(2008) 47% 0.002 -12.13[-19.98,-4.27]
TC;I2 = 56%, p = 0.001 Byrne, et al.(2014) 56% 0.001 -14.60[-23.43,-5.76]
Lu-Hua Yang, et al.(2015) 30% 0.01 -10.48[-18.63,-2.34]
Purrello, et al.(2007) 58% 0.001 -14.46[-23.18,-5.74]
Sofi, et al.(2010) 48% <0.001 -15.78[-23.17,-8.39]
Stephen, et al.(2015) 62% 0.002 -13.96[-22.67,-5.25]
Feng-Shang Zhu, et al.(2008) 64% 0.05 -10.52[-21.24,0.20]
LDL-C;I2 = 70%, p = 0.05 Byrne, et al.(2014) 75% 0.26 -5.43[-14.93,4.06]
Lu-Hua Yang, et al.(2015) 60% 0.22 -4.68[-12.17,2.81]
Sofi, et al.(2010) 68% 0.009 -9.12[-15.98,-2.27]
Stephen, et al.(2015) 77% 0.12 -6.73[-15.26,1.80]
Feng-Shang Zhu, et al.(2008) 56% 0.01 -9.48[-16.76,-2.21]
HDL-C;I2 = 55%, p = 0.06 Byrne, et al.(2014) 63% 0.01 8.00[1.66,14.35]
Lu-Hua Yang, et al.(2015) 65% 0.04 6.91[0.24,13.58]
Purrello, et al.(2007) 65% 0.008 7.64[1.98,13.30]
Sofi, et al.(2010) 0% 0.005 4.82[1.44,8.19]
Feng-Shang Zhu, et al.(2008) 60% 0.01 8.16[1.89,14.43]

a I2

b P

c IV 95% CI were calculated using Cochrane Collaboration’s Review Manager Software RevMan 5.3.