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. 2018 Jun;6(11):206. doi: 10.21037/atm.2018.05.41

Table 5. Sensitivity analysis of mortality by risk of bias and industry sponsorship.

Risk of bias No. of trials Total sample size Risk ratio (95% CI) Heterogeneity
Q df I2, % P value for I2
Low risk in sequence generation 3 331 0.98 (0.54–1.77) 4.89 2 59.1 0.087
Low risk in allocation concealment 3 331 0.98 (0.54–1.77) 4.89 2 59.1 0.087
Low risk in blinding of outcome assessors 2 296 0.95 (0.41–2.19) 4.88 1 79.5 0.027
Low risk in incomplete outcome reporting 4 390 1.05 (0.71–1.53) 5.10 3 41.1 0.165
Presence of industry sponsorship 2 296 0.95 (0.41–2.19) 4.88 1 79.5 0.027