Table 3.

Meta Analysis for the Outcome variable: Reduction in height

Test group		Control group		SMD	95% CI	Weight (%)				References
N1	Mean (SD)	N2	Mean (SD)			t-value	p-value	Fixed	Random
20	1.48 (1.53)	20	1.67 (1.61)	− 0.119	− 0.75 to 0.51			7.04	9.92	Yewale et al. [14]
32	0.1 (0.7)	32	0.0( 0.2)	0.192	− 0.30 to 0.69			11.06	10.09	Azangookhiavi et al. [14]
30	− 1.6 (0.5)	30	− 1.87 (0.30)	0.646	0.12 to 1.17			9.91	10.05	Dhamija et al. [16]
54	0.17 (0.44)	54	2.12 (0.69)	− 3.346	− 3.93 to 2.76			7.67	9.96	Ahmed et al. [17]
45	1.89 (0.55)	45	0.61 (0.42)	2.593	2.03 to 3.16			8.36	9.99	De Angelis et al. [23]
23	1.0 (0.34)	23	2.22 (0.42)	− 3.138	− 4.02 to 2.26			3.55	9.50	Kollati et al. [18]
51	0.50 (0.24)	51	0.56 (0.33)	− 0.206	− 0.59 to 0.18			17.45	10.20	Mendoza-Azpur et al. [24]
40	1.80 (2.10)	40	1.0 (2.30)	0.360	− 0.085 to 0.80			13.60	10.14	Clark et al. [19]
28	1.60 (1.46)	28	2.80 (1.81)	− 0.720	− 1.26 to − 0.17			9.15	10.03	Zhang et al. [25]
36	1.08 (0.66)	36	1.36 (0.71	− 0.404	− 0.87 to 0.06			12.21	10.12	Thakkar et al. [22]
359		359		− 0.177	− 0.34 to −  0.015	− 2.145	0.032	100.00	100.00	Total (fixed effects)
359		359		− 0.397	− 1.30 to 0.51	− 0.861	0.390	100.00	100.00	Total (random effects)