Table 2. Meta-analytic Results by Disorder Category.
Disorder | No. of Effect Sizes | Total No. of Unique Individuals | Hedges g Effect Size | P Value | 95% CI | OSR | Cochran Q Test of Homogeneity | Cochran Q Test P Value | I2 Statistic | SD of Aggregate Effect Size, τ |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Major depressive disorder | 7 | 420 | 0.37 | .002 | 0.14 to 0.61 | 0.29 to 0.44 | 8.31 | .22 | 27.82 | 0.17 |
Schizophrenia | 12 | 766 | 0.46 | .004 | 0.14 to 0.77 | 0.34 to 0.53 | 52.97 | <.001 | 79.23 | 0.48 |
Borderline personality disorder | 8 | 451 | 0.60 | <.001 | 0.32 to 0.87 | 0.51 to 0.67 | 15.74 | .028 | 55.53 | 0.29 |
Bipolar disorder | 4 | 349 | 0.68 | <.001 | 0.37 to 0.98 | 0.55 to 0.78 | 4.91 | .18 | 38.853 | 0.20 |
Obsessive-compulsive disorder | 5 | 371 | 0.30 | .002 | 0.11 to 0.49 | 0.20 to 0.34 | 3.77 | .44 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Bulimia nervosa | 4 | 183 | 0.41 | .001 | 0.17 to 0.65 | 0.31 to 0.47 | 1.85 | .60 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Binge-eating disorder | 7 | 1483 | 0.34 | .001 | 0.13 to 0.56 | 0.29 to 0.45 | 10.63 | .10 | 43.53 | 0.18 |
Anorexia nervosa | 10 | 655 | −0.30 | <.001 | −0.46 to −0.14 | −0.27 to −0.35 | 10.31 | .33 | 12.73 | 0.09 |
Abbreviations: I2, proportion of variability from heterogeneity; OSR, one-study removed, or range of effect sizes obtained from OSR jackknife analysis.