Table 2.

The results of sensitivity analyses^a

Treatment	Main analysis	Removal of high heterogeneity studies	Removal of residual amblyopia	Removal of patients over 13 years
Patch 2H	0.41 [− 0.06,0.89]	0.32 [0.02,0.56]	0.42 [− 0.03,0.90]	0.29 [−0.41,0.92]
Patch 6H	0.73 [0.10,1.40]	0.64 [0.23,1.10]	0.50 [−0.14,1.10]	0.57 [−0.35,1.40]
Patch 12H	0.49 [−0.32,1.30]	0.41 [−0.17,0.96]	0.29 [− 0.53,1.20]	0.34 [− 0.74,1.30]
Patch 2H + N	0.84 [0.19,1.50]	0.75 [0.27,1.20]	0.83 [0.20,1.50]	0.82 [0.08,1.60]
Patch 2H + D	0.64 [−0.33,1.70]	0.56 [−0.08,1.20]	0.63 [− 0.29,1.60]	0.62 [− 0.49,1.70]
Atr daily	0.34 [− 0.43,1.10]	0.25 [− 0.25,0.71]	0.17 [− 0.58,0.98]	0.18 [− 0.84,1.10]
Atr weekly	0.35 [− 0.39,1.10]	0.27 [− 0.32,0.73]	0.28 [− 0.43,1.00]	0.20 [− 0.76,1.10]
Atr weekly + Plano	0.80 [− 0.13,1.70]	0.72 [− 0.05,1.30]	0.70 [− 0.29,1.70]	0.67 [−0.48,1.70]
Optical penalization	−2.90 [−4.00,-1.80]	−3.00 [− 3.70,-2.20]	−2.90 [− 4.00,-1.90]	−3.00 [− 4.30,-1.80]
Binocular therapy	0.17 [− 0.13,0.53]	0.03 [− 0.17,0.20]	0.17 [−1.20,0.53]	0.18 [− 0.20,0.59]

H hours per day, Atr atropine, N near activities, D distant activities, Plano plano lens over the sound eye

^aData are mean differences (MD) and 95% Crl compared with refractive correction