Table 4.
Effect size, confidence interval and heterogeneity in study subgroups and overall.
| Effect Size and 95% Cl | Heterogeneity | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Subgroup | Studies (N) | Event Rate | Lower Limit | Upper Limit | p | Q | df(Q) | p | I 2 |
| Mix | 3 | 0.399 | 0.179 | 0.668 | 0.469 | 33.867 | 2 | 0.000 | 94.094 |
| NAFLD | 3 | 0.326 | 0.137 | 0.596 | 0.202 | 26.358 | 2 | 0.000 | 92.412 |
| NAFLD, fibrosis | 2 | 0.288 | 0.095 | 0.608 | 0.187 | 0.383 | 1 | 0.536 | 0.000 |
| NAFLD, NASH | 3 | 0.405 | 0.184 | 0.673 | 0.495 | 14.160 | 2 | 0.001 | 85.876 |
| NAFLD, NASH, fibrosis | 2 | 0.197 | 0.054 | 0.510 | 0.057 | 15.349 | 1 | 0.000 | 93.485 |
| NASH | 5 | 0.411 | 0.219 | 0.634 | 0.438 | 20.523 | 4 | 0.000 | 80.510 |
| Overall | 18 | 0.350 | 0.244 | 0.472 | 0.017 | 122.925 | 17 | 0.000 | 86.170 |