Table 4.
Fixed effect model | Excluded the RCT with maximum weight | Excluded the RCT with minimum weight | |||||||
Outcome measures | RR | 95%CI | P | RR | 95%CI | P | RR | 95%CI | P |
Pain relief | 1.75 | 1.52–2.00 | <.00001 | 1.78 | 1.50–2.11 | <.00001 | 1.70 | 1.47–1.96 | <.00001 |
Absence of photophobia | 1.32 | 1.22–1.42 | <.00001 | 1.36 | 1.23–1.51 | <.00001 | 1.34 | 1.22–1.47 | <.00001 |
Absence of nausea | 1.07 | 1.03–1.12 | .0004 | 1.09 | 1.04–1.14 | .002 | 1.07 | 1.03–1.12 | .0004 |
Absence of phonophobia | 1.21 | 1.14–1.28 | <.00001 | 1.20 | 1.13–1.29 | <.00001 | 1.21 | 1.14–1.28 | <.00001 |
95%CI = confidence interval, RCTs = randomized controlled trials, RR = relative risk.