Table 1.
Test |
τ = 0 (I2 = 0%)
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τ = 1 (6% ≤ I2 ≤ 50%)
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τ = 4 (50% ≤ I2 ≤ 94%)
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π = 1 | π = 0.05 | π = 0.02 | π = 0 | π = 1 | π = 0.05 | π = 0.02 | π = 0 | π = 1 | π = 0.05 | π = 0.02 | π = 0 | |
n = 10: | ||||||||||||
Egger | 10 | 15 | 23 | 35 | 11 | 14 | 20 | 31 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 11 |
Begg | 7 | 13 | 28 | 57 | 5 | 12 | 23 | 44 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
T & F | 11 | 8 | 12 | 30 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 21 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 9 |
TI | 10 | 17 | 26 | 40 | 10 | 17 | 25 | 39 | 10 | 14 | 15 | 16 |
TI* | [9] | [21] | [29] | [41] | [11] | [19] | [27] | [39] | [9] | [15] | [17] | [17] |
TS | 1 | 7 | 20 | 37 | 1 | 8 | 18 | 32 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
TS* | [10] | [27] | [48] | [59] | [10] | [29] | [46] | [58] | [10] | [15] | [17] | [19] |
Combined | 6 | 14 | 29 | 61 | 6 | 14 | 27 | 52 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 11 |
Combined* | [10] | [26] | [50] | [75] | [10] | [27] | [47] | [68] | [8] | [15] | [17] | [18] |
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n = 30: | ||||||||||||
Egger | 10 | 17 | 27 | 45 | 10 | 14 | 23 | 35 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 12 |
Begg | 7 | 28 | 64 | 97 | 7 | 24 | 55 | 89 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
T & F | 12 | 16 | 18 | 17 | 13 | 19 | 20 | 18 | 9 | 21 | 21 | 20 |
TI | 10 | 18 | 27 | 42 | 10 | 17 | 25 | 36 | 10 | 15 | 16 | 18 |
TI * | [9] | [22] | [33] | [49] | [11] | [21] | [31] | [43] | [10] | [18] | [20] | [22] |
TS | 6 | 50 | 83 | 94 | 6 | 59 | 83 | 92 | 5 | 16 | 20 | 24 |
TS* | [10] | [61] | [88] | [96] | [10] | [70] | [88] | [94] | [10] | [26] | [30] | [34] |
Combined | 8 | 42 | 77 | 93 | 8 | 48 | 76 | 90 | 8 | 16 | 19 | 23 |
Combined* | [10] | [53] | [85] | [96] | [11] | [61] | [84] | [94] | [9] | [23] | [28] | [32] |
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n = 50: | ||||||||||||
Egger | 9 | 20 | 35 | 58 | 11 | 17 | 28 | 46 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
Begg | 7 | 38 | 83 | 100 | 7 | 33 | 75 | 98 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 9 |
T & F | 12 | 20 | 17 | 10 | 12 | 23 | 19 | 13 | 9 | 18 | 18 | 18 |
TI | 9 | 19 | 31 | 49 | 10 | 18 | 28 | 43 | 10 | 16 | 18 | 20 |
TI* | [9] | [24] | [38] | [57] | [11] | [23] | [34] | [51] | [10] | [19] | [21] | [24] |
TS | 7 | 77 | 96 | 99 | 7 | 84 | 96 | 98 | 7 | 30 | 36 | 41 |
TS* | [10] | [82] | [97] | [99] | [10] | [87] | [97] | [99] | [10] | [37] | [44] | [49] |
Combined | 8 | 67 | 94 | 99 | 9 | 75 | 93 | 98 | 8 | 25 | 30 | 35 |
Combined* | [9] | [74] | [96] | [100] | [11] | [81] | [96] | [99] | [9] | [31] | [36] | [42] |
The results in square brackets are based on the parametric resampling method.