Table 2. Clinical demographics: stenting vs. non-stenting.
| Outcome of interest | No. of studies | No. of patients Stented/Unstented | OR/ WMD (95% CI)† | p-value | Study heterogeneity | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chi2 | df | I2 | p-value | ||||||||||||||
| Age (year) | 19 | 1021/1016 | 0.55 [-0.81, 1,92]† | 0.43 | 27.79 | 18 | 35% | 0.07 | |||||||||
| Proportion of males | 20 | 1154/1178 | 0.97 [0.82, 1.16] | 0.77 | 17.15 | 19 | 0% | 0.58 | |||||||||
| Mean stone size (mm) | 20 | 1154/1178 | 0.17 [-0.16, 0.50]† | 0.32 | 76.45 | 19 | 75% | <0.001 | |||||||||
| Proportion of lower ureteral stones | 12 | 760/786 | 0.86 [0.68, 1.08] | 0.19 | 13.9 | 11 | 21% | 0.24 | |||||||||
CI = confidence interval; OR = odds ratio; WMD = weighted mean difference
†Values of WMD
Statistically significant results are shown in bold.