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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Sep 22.
Published in final edited form as: Dis Markers. 2008;25(2):87–95. doi: 10.1155/2008/403982

Table 4.

Summary of studies with continuous outcomes.

AAM
Study A1A1 A1A2+A2A2 P1
Mean Std N Mean Std N Weight Hedges' g (95% CI)
McCann et al. (2002) 12.82 1.52 205 12.72 1.76 190 98.56 0.06 (-0.14-0.26) 0.54
Gorai et al. (2003) 14.10 1.30 101 13.66 1.22 249 70.94 0.35 (0.12-0.59) 0.00
Onland-Miret et al. (2005) 13.40 1.50 166 13.63 1.58 207 91.87 -0.15 (-0.35-0.05) 0.15
Small et al. (2005) 12.46 0.22 61 12.16 0.20 103 30.80 1.44 (1.09-1.80) 0.00
Jasienska et al. (2006) 13.10 3.15 21 13.2 1.03 37 13.39 -0.05 (-0.58-0.49) 0.86
Pooled (heterogeneity test: Q = 63.33, P<0.01)
Random effect model 554 786 305.57 0.33 (-0.14-0.80) 0.17
Pooled after excluding Asians and mixed populations: (heterogeneity test: Q = 2.10, P = 0.35)
Fixed effects model 392 434 203.83 -0.041 (-0.18-0.10) 0.56
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all P values are two-sided.