Table 3.
Test |
τ = 0 (I2 = 0%)
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τ = 1 (20% ≤ I2 ≤ 50%)
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τ = 3 (70% ≤ I2 ≤ 90%)
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m = 0 | ⌊n=3⌋ | ⌊2n=3⌋ | m = 0 | ⌊n=3⌋ | ⌊2n=3⌋ | m = 0 | ⌊n=3⌋ | ⌊2n=3⌋ | |
n = 10: | |||||||||
Egger | 10 | 21 | 31 | 10 | 19 | 25 | 13 | 15 | 14 |
Begg | 6 | 12 | 18 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
T & F | 11 | 27 | 38 | 11 | 25 | 33 | 5 | 13 | 18 |
TI | 10 | 21 | 31 | 10 | 18 | 25 | 10 | 11 | 13 |
TI* | [9] | [12] | [13] | [11] | [13] | [12] | [9] | [12] | [13] |
TS | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
TS* | [10] | [13] | [17] | [10] | [13] | [16] | [10] | [14] | [16] |
Combined | 6 | 14 | 20 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
Combined* | [9] | [13] | [15] | [11] | [13] | [15] | [8] | [13] | [16] |
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n = 30: | |||||||||
Egger | 10 | 57 | 77 | 11 | 44 | 60 | 14 | 18 | 20 |
Begg | 8 | 46 | 67 | 7 | 35 | 54 | 5 | 12 | 17 |
T & F | 13 | 87 | 97 | 13 | 81 | 92 | 9 | 51 | 63 |
TI | 10 | 57 | 77 | 10 | 44 | 60 | 10 | 14 | 16 |
TI* | [10] | [38] | [46] | [12] | [33] | [39] | [10] | [13] | [17] |
TS | 6 | 25 | 40 | 6 | 25 | 39 | 6 | 26 | 40 |
TS* | [10] | [34] | [51] | [11] | [34] | [51] | [10] | [37] | [52] |
Combined | 8 | 54 | 76 | 8 | 43 | 64 | 8 | 23 | 35 |
Combined* | [10] | [42] | [56] | [12] | [39] | [53] | [9] | [30] | [44] |
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n = 50: | |||||||||
Egger | 10 | 77 | 93 | 11 | 61 | 80 | 14 | 19 | 22 |
Begg | 8 | 69 | 89 | 8 | 56 | 76 | 5 | 18 | 26 |
T & F | 12 | 98 | 100 | 13 | 95 | 99 | 9 | 69 | 75 |
TI | 10 | 77 | 93 | 11 | 61 | 80 | 10 | 16 | 20 |
TI* | [10] | [59] | [74] | [12] | [52] | [61] | [10] | [15] | [19] |
TS | 8 | 46 | 69 | 7 | 47 | 68 | 7 | 51 | 69 |
TS* | [10] | [53] | [75] | [10] | [54] | [75] | [10] | [58] | [76] |
Combined | 9 | 77 | 95 | 10 | 67 | 87 | 8 | 44 | 62 |
Combined* | [10] | [65] | [85] | [12] | [62] | [79] | [9] | [49] | [67] |
The results in square brackets are based on the parametric resampling method.