Stata 14.1 outputs exploring the effect of several explanatory variables on primary and secondary outcomes with six or more included studies: death at day 30, recovery of kidney function, length of hospital and ICU stay. The covariates included in the models were: type of participant (typepatient); Fluid overload after randomisation in three categories(catpat); difference in the fluid overload after randomisation in the early group minus the standard group (Dif). The explanatory variables were defined as follows:
We analysed several models for each outcomes. We present the model with the three covariates of each outcomes, including the full output of the STATA 14.1 statistics. In each model the covariates were typed in bold (see definitions above). The other code in tables were:
It is important to state the limitations of this meta‐regression because of the limited studies (9) for the number of covariates in the model. Death at day 30 . xi: metareg logrr i.catpat typepatient dif, wsse(selogrr) bsest(reml) i.catpat _Icatpat_1‐2 (naturally coded; _Icatpat_1 omitted) note: _Icatpat_2 dropped because of collinearity numerical derivatives are approximate nearby values are missing Meta‐regression Number of obs = 6 REML estimate of between‐study variance tau2 = 0 % residual variation due to heterogeneity I‐squared_res = 0.00% Proportion of between‐study variance explained Adj R‐squared = .% Joint test for all covariates Model F(2,3) = 1.47 With Knapp‐Hartung modification Prob > F = 0.3598 See. Appendix 4.1 Death at day 30 . xi: metareg logrr hipot typepatient dif, wsse(selogrr) bsest(reml) Meta‐regression Number of obs = 9 REML estimate of between‐study variance tau2 = 0 % residual variation due to heterogeneity I‐squared_res = 31.02% Proportion of between‐study variance explained Adj R‐squared = .% Joint test for all covariates Model F(3,5) = 0.93 With Knapp‐Hartung modification Prob > F = 0.4902 See. Appendix 4.2 Death at day 30 . metareg logrr hipot typepatient dif modal, wsse(selogrr) bsest(reml) Meta‐regression Number of obs = 9 REML estimate of between‐study variance tau2 = 0 % residual variation due to heterogeneity I‐squared_res = 44.13% Proportion of between‐study variance explained Adj R‐squared = .% Joint test for all covariates Model F(4,4) = 0.58 With Knapp‐Hartung modification Prob > F = 0.6954 See. Appendix 4.3 Recovery of Kidney function in all patients . xi: metareg logrri.catpat typepatient dif, wsse(selogrr) bsest(reml) i.catpat _Icatpat 1‐2 (naturally coded; _Icatpat_1 omitted) Meta‐regression Number of obs = 6 REML estimate of between‐study variance tau2 = .007724 % residual variation due to heterogeneity I‐squared_res = 11.26% Proportion of between‐study variance explained Adj R‐squared = 44.71% Joint test for all covariates Model F (3,2) = 1.42 With Knapp‐Hartung modification Prob > F = 0.4389 See. Appendix 5.1 Renal recovery function in all patients . metareg logrr hipot typepatient dif, wsse(selogrr) bsest(reml) Meta‐regression Number of obs = 9 REML estimate of between‐study variance tau2 = .01708 % residual variation due to heterogeneity I‐squared_res = 53.90% Proportion of between‐study variance explained Adj R‐squared = ‐214.78% Joint test for all covariates Model F(3,5) = 0.32 With Knapp‐Hartung modification Prob > F = 0.8136 See. Appendix 5.2 Renal recovery function in all patients metareg logrr hipot typepatient dif modal, wsse(selogrr) bsest(reml) Meta‐regression Number of obs = 9 REML estimate of between‐study variance tau2 = .02433 % residual variation due to heterogeneity I‐squared_res = 59.28% Proportion of between‐study variance explained Adj R‐squared = ‐348.52% Joint test for all covariates Model F(4,4) = 0.30 With Knapp‐Hartung modification Prob > F = 0.8624. See. Appendix 5.3 Length at hospital stay metareg typepatient modal, wsse(_seES) bsest(reml) Meta‐regression Number of obs = 7 REML estimate of between‐study variance tau2 = .1255 % residual variation due to heterogeneity I‐squared_res = 76.81% Proportion of between‐study variance explained Adj R‐squared = 47.28% With Knapp‐Hartung modification See Appendix 6 |