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Table 2 Details of sensitivity analysis of pooled risk ratio (95%CI) for in-hospital mortality

From: Association of red blood cell transfusion and in-hospital mortality in patients admitted to the intensive care unit: a systematic review and meta-analysis

 

Number of studies excluded

Number of studies included

Effect size (95%CI)

Homogeneity index, Q

Between-study variability, I 2

Excluded studies did not give confounder-adjusted estimates

2 [19],[31]

16

1.211 (0.975 to 1.505)

114.881, P <0.01

86.943

Excluded studies got a `moderate’ or `low’ risk of bias

3 [31],[32],[42]

15

1.178 (0.937 to 1.481)

144.866, P <0.01

90.336

Excluded studies did not reported RR or HR as effect size measurement

12 [3],[19],[31]-[34],[36],[39]-[43]

6

0.901 (0.622 to 1.305)

31.039, P <0.01

91.391

  1. CI, confidence interval; HR, hazard ratio; RR, relative risk.
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