Table 6.
Omitted study | RR | 95% CI | P of chi-square | I 2 | Overall effect | Selected model | |
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None | 0.71 | 0.34 | 1.45 | 0.05 | 63% | P = 0.34 | random-effect model |
Asaria et al. (16) | 0.73 | 0.27 | 2 | 0.04 | 70% | P = 0.54 | random-effect model |
Zhu et al. (29) | 0.96 | 0.63 | 1.48 | 0.17 | 43%* | P = 0.87 | fixed-effect model |
Wickham et al. (18) | 0.5 | 0.29 | 0.85 | 0.19 | 39%* | P = 0.01** | fixed-effect model |
Ganekal and Dorairaj (24) | 0.62 | 0.22 | 1.74 | 0.02 | 75% | P = 0.37 | random-effect model |
Heterogeneity decreased after a particular study was omitted.
Overall effect changed when a particular study was omitted.