Table 3 |.

Pooled estimates

	No. of studies	Pooled estimate	95% CI	P for test of homogeneity	τ2a	P for Begg’s Test	P for Egger’s test
Relative risk comparing proportion of blacks and whites (referent) reaching BP target of DBP <90 or a decline of >10 mm Hg	4	1.0	(0.9, 1.0)	0.6	0.0	0.2	0.5
White–black differences in SBP (mm Hg)
Excluding Wright, Krakoff	4	−2.7	−4.0, −1.3)	>0.99	0.0	0.2	0.03
Including Wright, Krakoff	6	−0.8	(−3.3, 1.8)	<0.001	7.8	0.9	0.1
White–black differences in DBP (mm Hg)
Excluding Wright, Krakoff	6	−0.4	(−1.0, 0.28)	0.6	0.0	0.3	0.7
Including Wright, Krakoff	8	0.2	(−0.8, 1.1)	0.001	1.0	0.6	0.1
White SBP (mm Hg)
Excluding Wright, Krakoff	4	13.1	(10.2, 15.9)	<0.001	6.6	0.5	0.1
Including Wright, Krakoff	6	12.7	(8.9, 16.6)	<0.001	22.2	0.9	0.5
White DBP (mm Hg)
Excluding Wright, Krakoff	6	12.5	(11.6, 13.4)	0.006	0.8	0.3	0.8
Including Wright, Krakoff	8	11.8	(8.8, 14.8)	<0.001	18.4	0.8	0.2
Black SBP (mm Hg)
Excluding Wright, Krakoff	4	16.1	(13.8, 18.4)	0.02	3.3	>0.99	0.5
Including Wright, Krakoff	6	14.6	(8.6, 20.7)	<0.001	54.5	0.9	0.2
Black DBP (mm Hg)
Excluding Wright, Krakoff	6	13.2	(12.2, 14.2)	0.02	0.9	0.e	0.8
Including Wright, Krakoff	8	12.0	(8.0, 16.0)	<0.001	32.4	0.1	0.1

^aAmong-study variance.