Table 2.
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 = 0.2 | π = 0.1 | π = 0 | π = 1 | π = 0.2 | π = 0.1 | π = 0 | π = 1 | π = 0.2 | π = 0.1 | π = 0 | |
n = 10: | ||||||||||||
Egger | 10 | 14 | 22 | 51 | 11 | 13 | 19 | 43 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 12 |
Begg | 7 | 8 | 13 | 30 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 30 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 7 |
T & F | 11 | 10 | 11 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 |
TI | 10 | 15 | 23 | 56 | 10 | 14 | 23 | 54 | 10 | 13 | 16 | 21 |
TI* | [9] | [19] | [29] | [61] | [11] | [19] | [28] | [59] | [9] | [15] | [18] | [25] |
TS | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
TS* | [10] | [10] | [11] | [19] | [10] | [9] | [11] | [22] | [10] | [9] | [11] | [17] |
Combined | 6 | 9 | 16 | 48 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 46 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 14 |
Combined* | [10] | [15] | [23] | [58] | [10] | [14] | [22] | [55] | [8] | [10] | [14] | [21] |
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n = 30: | ||||||||||||
Egger | 10 | 20 | 34 | 69 | 10 | 18 | 30 | 62 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 16 |
Begg | 7 | 16 | 30 | 68 | 7 | 14 | 28 | 66 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 13 |
T & F | 12 | 18 | 23 | 32 | 13 | 15 | 17 | 21 | 9 | 13 | 14 | 13 |
TI | 10 | 21 | 36 | 70 | 10 | 20 | 33 | 66 | 10 | 14 | 18 | 25 |
TI* | [9] | [24] | [40] | [74] | [11] | [23] | [37] | [71] | [10] | [17] | [22] | [32] |
TS | 6 | 5 | 12 | 54 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 58 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 21 |
TS* | [10] | [10] | [18] | [59] | [10] | [10] | [21] | [64] | [10] | [11] | [17] | [31] |
Combined | 8 | 16 | 30 | 80 | 8 | 14 | 28 | 75 | 8 | 10 | 14 | 24 |
Combined* | [10] | [20] | [36] | [83] | [11] | [18] | [33] | [81] | [9] | [13] | [20] | [33] |
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n = 50: | ||||||||||||
Egger | 9 | 26 | 46 | 82 | 11 | 24 | 41 | 78 | 14 | 12 | 14 | 20 |
Begg | 7 | 21 | 43 | 85 | 7 | 19 | 41 | 84 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 19 |
T & F | 12 | 17 | 19 | 21 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 10 |
TI | 9 | 26 | 46 | 82 | 10 | 25 | 42 | 79 | 10 | 15 | 19 | 29 |
TI* | [9] | [29] | [50] | [85] | [11] | [27] | [46] | [82] | [10] | [19] | [24] | [36] |
TS | 7 | 7 | 20 | 79 | 7 | 9 | 24 | 83 | 7 | 10 | 18 | 36 |
TS* | [10] | [10] | [25] | [81] | [10] | [11] | [30] | [85] | [10] | [14] | [24] | [43] |
Combined | 8 | 20 | 41 | 92 | 9 | 19 | 39 | 89 | 8 | 12 | 18 | 34 |
Combined* | [9] | [23] | [46] | [93] | [11] | [22] | [44] | [91] | [9] | [16] | [24] | [41] |
The results in square brackets are based on the parametric resampling method.