Table 2 Relative risks of events and 95% confidence intervals obtained by pooling data or performing a meta-analysis.
From: Pooling, meta-analysis, and the evaluation of drug safety
Relative risk (pooling) | Relative risk (meta-analysis) | |
|---|---|---|
New drug versus placebo | 1.00 [0.59; 1.704], p= 1.00 | 1.78 [1.02; 3.12] |
association p = 0.04 | ||
heterogeneity p = 0.94 | ||
New drug versus active control | 5.20 [2.07; 13.08], p = 0.00004 | 2.20 [0.76; 6.32] |
association p = 0.14 | ||
heterogeneity p = 0.84 |