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. 2017 Sep 8;6:e24260. doi: 10.7554/eLife.24260

Table 3. Re-analysis of published preclinical meta-analyses using SMD.

Precision estimate
Standard Error 1/√n
Study n Observed SMD[95% CI] Egger’s p filled Adjusted SMD Egger’s p filled Adjusted SMD
Egan et al. (2016) 1392 0.75 [0.70, 0.80] <2.2×10−16 252 0.42 [0.37,0.47] 2.2 × 10−11 0 N/A
Groenink et al. (2015) 43 −1.99[−2.33,–1.64] 8.5 × 10−10 0 N/A 0.68 0 N/A
Kleikers et al. (2015) 20 −1.15[−1.67; −0.63] 3.5 × 10−4 6 ? 2.9 × 10−3 0 N/A
Wever et al. (2012) 62 1.54 [1.16, 1.93] 7.8 × 10−6 3 ? 0.62 0 N/A
Yan et al. (2015) 60 1.58 [1.19, 1.97] 6.5 × 10−6 0 N/A 0.19 0 N/A

n = number of studies; SMD = standardized mean difference; CI = confidence interval; Egger’s p=p value for Egger’s regression; adjusted SMD = SMD after trim and fill analysis; N/A = not applicable.