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. 2017 Nov 17;7:15795. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-16101-1

Table 3.

Analysis of heterogeneity.

t1 t2 i2.pair i2.cons incons.p
Myocardial infarction
Per-comparison I-squared:
DPP4_inhibitors GLP1_agonists 0 0 0.68
DPP4_inhibitors Placebo 32.12 24.82 0.91
DPP4_inhibitors SGLT2_inhibitors 44.39 44.38 NA
DPP4_inhibitors Sulfonylureas 15.62 5.24 0.58
GLP1_agonists Insulin 44.14 44.27 NA
GLP1_agonists Placebo 0 0 0.86
GLP1_agonists Sulfonylureas 0 0 0.56
Global I-squared:
19.40 15.67
Angina
Per-comparison I-squared:
DPP4_inhibitors GLP1_agonists 67.00 52.20 0.47
DPP4_inhibitors Placebo 0 0 NA
DPP4_inhibitors SGLT2_inhibitors 46.17 47.17 NA
DPP4_inhibitors Sulfonylureas 6.98 0 0.76
GLP1_agonists Insulin 33.38 33.05 NA
GLP1_agonists Sulfonylureas 61.08 33.03 0.53
Global I-squared:
30.56 26.56
Coronary arterial diseases
Per-comparison I-squared:
DPP4_inhibitors GLP1_agonists 0 19.84 0.05
DPP4_inhibitors Placebo 0 0 NA
DPP4_inhibitors SGLT2_inhibitors 34.72 34.67 NA
DPP4_inhibitors Sulfonylureas 32.50 28.73 0.16
GLP1_agonists Insulin 31.44 30.88 NA
GLP1_agonists Sulfonylureas 0 13.46 0.09
Global I-squared:
19.96 16.26

t1: treatment 1, t2: treatment 2, i2.pair: i-square of pair-wise meta-analysis, i2.cons: i-square of network meta-analysis, incons.p: inconsistency p-values for pair-wise and network meta-analysis NA: not applicable.