Table 2.
Studies | Treatment | Control | OR | 95% lower CI | 95% upper CI | Weights | P-value | ||||
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Improved patients (n) | Total (n) | Proportion | Improved patients (n) | Total (n) | Proportion | ||||||
Ang et al,22 2006 | 45 | 71 | 0.634 | 40 | 59 | 0.678 | 0.822 | 0.397 | 1.704 | 3.8 | |
Blum et al,23 1998 | 45 | 164 | 0.274 | 34 | 164 | 0.207 | 1.446 | 0.868 | 2.408 | 7.8 | |
Froehlich et al,25 2001 | 15 | 92 | 0.163 | 13 | 88 | 0.148 | 1.124 | 0.501 | 2.521 | 3.1 | |
Gisbert et al,26 2004 | 21 | 34 | 0.618 | 8 | 16 | 0.500 | 1.615 | 0.487 | 5.361 | 1.4 | |
Gwee et al,27 2009 | 10 | 41 | 0.244 | 3 | 41 | 0.073 | 4.086 | 1.034 | 16.155 | 1.1 | |
Hsu et al,28 2001 | 47 | 81 | 0.580 | 44 | 80 | 0.550 | 1.131 | 0.606 | 2.110 | 5.2 | |
Koskenpato et al,29 2001 | 16 | 77 | 0.208 | 11 | 74 | 0.149 | 1.502 | 0.646 | 3.496 | 2.8 | |
Mazzoleni et al,31 2011 | 94 | 201 | 0.468 | 72 | 203 | 0.355 | 1.598 | 1.072 | 2.383 | 12.7 | |
Mazzoleni et al,30 2006 | 16 | 46 | 0.348 | 9 | 45 | 0.200 | 2.133 | 0.825 | 5.514 | 2.2 | |
McColl et al,32 1998 | 33 | 160 | 0.206 | 11 | 158 | 0.070 | 3.472 | 1.686 | 7.152 | 3.9 | |
Sodhi et al,33 2013 | 95 | 259 | 0.367 | 72 | 260 | 0.277 | 1.513 | 1.044 | 2.192 | 14.7 | |
Talley et al,34 1999 | 32 | 133 | 0.241 | 31 | 142 | 0.218 | 1.135 | 0.646 | 1.991 | 6.4 | |
Talley et al,35 1999 | 69 | 170 | 0.406 | 71 | 167 | 0.425 | 0.924 | 0.599 | 1.425 | 10.7 | |
Veldhuyzen van Zanten et al,36 2003 | 44 | 75 | 0.587 | 46 | 82 | 0.561 | 1.111 | 0.590 | 2.093 | 5.0 | |
Bruley Des Varannes et al,24 2001 | 55 | 129 | 0.426 | 38 | 124 | 0.306 | 1.682 | 1.003 | 2.821 | 7.5 | |
Yazdanbod et al,37 2015 | 87 | 186 | 0.468 | 83 | 173 | 0.480 | 0.953 | 0.630 | 1.443 | 11.7 | |
Total (Fixed effect model) | 1.334 | 1.157 | 1.537 | 100.0 | < 0.01 |
P-value of test of heterogeneity among studies = 0.152; Higgins’ I2 = 27.0% (0.0%, 60.0%).