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Table 4 Different analysis method and summary statistics for the incidence of acute kidney injury

From: Dexmedetomidine prevents acute kidney injury after adult cardiac surgery: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

Analysis method

OR

95%CI

I2

P

RD

95%CI

I2

P

RR

95%CI

I2

P

Mantel-Haenszel

0.65

0.45,0.92

0%

0.02

−0.02

−0.04,0.01

46%

0.28

0.72

0.54,0.95

0%

0.02

Inverse Variance

0.65

0.45,0.92

0%

0.02

−0.01

−0.04,0.01

21%

0.22

0.72

0.54,0.95

0%

0.02

  1. Abbreviations: OR Odds ratio, RR Risk ratio, RD Risk difference, CI Confidence interval