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. 2018 Oct 5;18:167. doi: 10.1186/s12883-018-1171-8

Table 2.

Subgroup Analysis of Efficacy and Safety Outcomes

Efficacy outcomes
Complete occlusion Recurrence in DSA Excellent functional outcome Good functional outcome
RR (95% CI) P value RR (95% CI) P value RR (95% CI) P value RR (95% CI) P value
1. Hydrogel coil
 Second generation 1.26 (1.07, 1.48) 0.005 1.09 (0.98, 1.23) 0.119 0.97 (0.90, 1.05) 0.498 0.97 (0.92, 1.03) 0.358
 First generation 1.07 (0.90, 1.25) 0.450 1.04 (0.95, 1.13) 0.390 0.97 (0.88, 1.06) 0.482 0.97 (0.93, 1.00) 0.074
2. Ruptured ratio (%)
N > 30 1.21 (1.07, 1.38) 0.002 1.08 (0.99, 1.18) 0.077 1.00 (0.88, 1.12) 0.964 0.97 (0.92, 1.02) 0.187
N < 30 0.99 (0.82, 1.20) 0.938 1.02 (0.92, 1.18) 0.684 0.95 (0.88, 1.01) 0.116 0.97 (0.93, 1.01) 0.133
Safety outcomes
Mid-term residual neck Retreatment Stroke Morbidity
RR (95% CI) P value RR (95% CI) P value RR (95% CI) P value RR (95% CI) P value
3. Hydrogel coil
 Second generation 0.54 (0.34, 0.86) 0.010 0.50 (0.20, 1.21) 0.122 1.39 (0.45, 4.31) 0.570 2.31 (0.61, 8.84) 0.220
 First generation 0.88 (0.56, 1.39) 0.576 1.08 (0.68, 1.69) 0.752 0.79 (0.34, 1.87) 0.594 1.03 (0.66, 1.60) 0.899
4. Ruptured ratio (%)
N > 30 0.67 (0.43, 1.03) 0.070 0.64 (0.33, 1.24) 0.186 1.39 (0.45, 4.31) 0.570 1.28 (0.79, 2.07) 0.317
N < 30 1.15 (0.33, 4.02) 0.827 1.13 (0.68, 1.88) 0.629 0.79 (0.34, 1.87) 0.594 0.73 (0.31, 1.69) 0.461