Fig. 3.
Simulation-based power estimates for the planned IPD random effects meta-analysis* of 24 trials for detecting a treatment-BMI interaction when the true effect was − 0.1, conditional on a range of values of the between-study standard deviation (τλ) of the interaction effect, and a particular % reduction in residual variances in each trial due to the inclusion of prognostic factors. *Based on using change score model (4) in each trial followed by random effects meta-analysis model (9) with DerSimonian and Laird estimation, and p-values and CIs derived using approach of Hartung-Knapp Sidik-Jonkman