| Talc slurry | Talc poudrage | Bleomycin | Tetracycline | C. parvum | Interferon | Iodine | Indwelling pleural catheter | Mustine | Mitoxantrone | Mepacrine | |
| Talc poudrage | 0.85 (0.38, 2.07) | NA | ‐ | ‐ | ‐ | ‐ | ‐ | ‐ | ‐ | ‐ | ‐ |
| Bleomycin | 1.03 (0.38, 2.83) | 1.19 (0.43, 3.33) | NA | ‐ | ‐ | ‐ | ‐ | ‐ | ‐ | ‐ | ‐ |
| Tetracycline | 2.70 (0.78, 11.57) | 3.15 (0.96, 12.32) | 2.62 (0.97, 8.41) | NA | ‐ | ‐ | ‐ | ‐ | ‐ | ‐ | ‐ |
| C. parvum | 1.33 (0.28, 6.08) | 1.56 (0.34, 6.66) | 1.29 (0.35, 4.60) | 0.49 (0.10, 2.00) | NA | ‐ | ‐ | ‐ | ‐ | ‐ | ‐ |
| Interferon | 2.23 (0.44, 11.82) | 2.61 (0.50, 13.64) | 2.18 (0.59, 8.03) | 0.83 (0.14, 4.03) | 1.68 (0.28, 10.74) | NA | ‐ | ‐ | ‐ | ‐ | ‐ |
| Iodine | 0.30 (0.03, 2.39) | 0.35 (0.04, 2.27) | 0.29 (0.03, 2.53) | 0.11 (0.01, 1.01) | 0.23 (0.02, 2.49) | 0.13 (0.01, 1.62) | NA | ‐ | ‐ | ‐ | ‐ |
| Indwelling pleural catheter | 1.04 (0.38, 3.02) | 1.22 (0.32, 4.69) | 1.02 (0.24, 4.27) | 0.39 (0.07, 1.94) | 0.78 (0.13, 5.13) | 0.47 (0.07, 3.29) | 3.47 (0.35, 42.07) | NA | ‐ | ‐ | ‐ |
| Mustine | 2.60 (0.48, 15.49) | 3.04 (0.63, 15.55) | 2.53 (0.47, 14.49) | 0.97 (0.14, 6.01) | 1.97 (0.38, 11.03) | 1.17 (0.14, 10.17) | 8.68 (0.76, 118.1) | 2.50 (0.34, 19.18) | NA | ‐ | ‐ |
| Mitoxantrone | 0.44 (0.10, 1.85) | 0.51 (0.11, 2.25) | 0.43 (0.12, 1.43) | 0.16 (0.03, 0.72) | 0.33 (0.06, 1.94) | 0.20 (0.03, 1.13) | 1.47 (0.12, 18.53) | 0.42 (0.07, 2.42) | 0.17 (0.02, 1.27) | NA | ‐ |
| Mepacrine | 0.58 (0.15, 2.16) | 0.68 (0.14, 3.02) | 0.56 (0.12, 2.56) | 0.21 (0.03, 1.17) | 0.43 (0.06, 3.07) | 0.26 (0.03, 1.87) | 1.92 (0.17, 25.19) | 0.55 (0.10, 2.90) | 0.22 (0.03, 1.82) | 1.32 (0.27, 6.75) | NA |
| Doxycycline | 0.69 (0.12, 4.34) | 0.81 (0.13, 4.99) | 0.68 (0.15, 3.01) | 0.26 (0.04, 1.49) | 0.52 (0.07, 3.81) | 0.31 (0.04, 2.26) | 2.32 (0.17, 35.56) | 0.66 (0.08, 5.37) | 0.27 (0.03, 2.52) | 1.59 (0.24, 11.70) | 1.21 (0.15, 10.30) |
| Results that are statistically significant at the conventional level of p<0.05 are shaded in grey. ‐ indicates the odds ratio is already expressed elsewhere in the table comparing the interventions the other way around. NA= not applicable. | |||||||||||