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Table 1 Fragility index calculated for the study included in the systematic review and meta-analysis by Chu et al. [1]

From: Liberal versus conservative oxygen therapy in critically ill patients: using the fragility index to determine robust results

Study

Setting

Liberal group (FiO2 0.52 CI:0.39-0.85)

Conservative group (FiO2 0.21 CI:0.21-0.50)

p value for mortality in each study

Fragility index n (p)

Ali et al. (2014) [6]

Stroke

5/155

4/146

0.99

0 (1)

Roffe et al. (2017) [7]

Stroke

50/2668

45/2668

0.75

0 (0.506)

Ronning et al. (1999) [8]

Stroke

36/292

27/258

0.54

0 (0.506)

Singhal et al. (2005) [9]

Stroke

0/9

1/7

NS

0 (0.438)

NCT00414726

Stroke

14/43

4/42

0.08

2 (0.072)

Shi et al. (2017) [10]

Stroke

0/9

0/9

NS

0 (1)

NCT02378454 (2015)

Sepsis

3/25

2/25

NS

0 (1)

Butler et al. (1987) [11]

Limb ischemia

1/17

0/22

NS

0 (0.436)

Schietroma et al. (2016) [12]

Perforated peptic ulcer

2/119

4/120

0.42

0 (0648)

NCT02687217

Acute appendicitis

0/30

0/30

NS

0 (1)

Girardis et al. (2016) [5]

Critical illness

80/243

58/235

0.01

0 (0.055)

Panwar et al. (2016) [13]

Critical illness

12/51

13/53

0.44

0 (1)

Hofmann et al. (2017) [14]

Myocardial infarction

53/3311

44/3318

0.08

0 (0.359)

Khoshnood et al. (2015) [15]

Myocardial infarction

3/85

3/75

NS

0 (1)

Kuisma et al. (2006) [16]

Cardiac arrest

4/14

4/14

NS

0 (1)

Rawles et al. (1976) [17]

Myocardial infarction

9/105

3/95

NS

0 (0.140)

Stub et al. (2012) [18]

Myocardial infarction

5/132

11/132

NS

0 (0.204)

Ukholkina et al. (2005) [19]

Myocardial infarction

1/58

0/79

NS

0 (0.428)

Young et al. (2014) [20]

Cardiac arrest

5/9

4/8

NS

0 (1)

  1. NS not significant