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. 2016 May 8;2016(5):CD010529. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD010529.pub2
  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.