Table 5.
Effect Size | Publication Bias | Heterogeneity | |||||||||||
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Groups | K | N | Ns | SMD | 95% CI | p | Funnel Plot | Trim-and-Fill | q-Value | I 2 | p | ||
Adj SMD | % of Var | ||||||||||||
Overall PHD | 10 | 816 | 81.6 | 0.530 | [0.225, 0.836] | <0.001 | Slight asym | 0.335 | 37% | 8.779 | 0% | 0.458 | |
PHD subgroups | MIG | 8 | 669 | 83.7 | 0.369 | [0.1, 0.638] | 0.007 | Slight asym | 0.267 | 28% | 7.481 | 6.5% | 0.38 |
TTH | 2 | 147 | 73.5 | 1.122 | [0.540, 1.704] | <0.001 | - | - | - | 1 | 0% | 0.317 | |
Head position | Fixed | 4 | 303 | 75.75 | 0.589 | [0.071, 1.107] | 0.026 | Slight asym | 0.45 | 23% | 1.108 | 0% | 0.7751 |
No fixed | 6 | 513 | 85.5 | 0.502 | [0.080, 0.923] | 0.020 | Sym | 0.502 | 0% | 6.483 | 8% | 0.2620 | |
Type SVV measure | Rod Projected | 6 | 471 | 78.5 | 0.493 | [0.081, 0.906] | 0.019 | Asym | 0.21 | 53% | 4.880 | 0% | 0.4307 |
Bucket test | 4 | 345 | 86.25 | 0.593 | [0.097, 1.090] | 0.019 | Sym | 0.593 | 0% | 2.856 | 0% | 0.4144 |
Abbreviations: Asym = Asymmetric; I2 = degree of inconsistence; K = number of studies; N = number of participants in each meta-analysis; Ns = number of participants per study; p = p-value; Adj = adjusted; % of var = percentage of variation; PHD = primary headache disorder; SMD = standardized mean difference; TTH = tension-type headache; 95% CI = 95% confidence interval; Asym = asymmetric; Sym = symmetric.